What Went Down On Day 3 Of The Trump Impeachment Hearings

Republicans have been itching to out the whistleblower for weeks now. If the person’s identity were made public, it would provide new avenues for Republicans to attack his or her credibility — for example, digging things up from the past that cast doubt on his or her credibility, or, if the whistleblower opposes Trump politically, questioning his or her motives.

Fox And Friends are telling the president not to tweet, apparently.

Castor is diving right in and pressing Vindman on one of his most explosive claims — that Trump’s “request” that Zelensky pursue investigations was actually a demand. Castor says that Trump’s words were ambiguous, trying to take some of the fire out of Vindman’s characterization of the call.