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"He's not a whistleblower because nothing else on that tape was illegal," Watters said, "and I think he'll never get hired ever, ever again."

The California senator, a candidate in the Democratic Party's 2020 race, said President Donald Trump is intimidating witnesses.

A second whistleblower, described as an intelligence official, has come forward with firsthand accusations against President Donald Trump and allegations of quid pro quo dealings with Ukraine for political purposes.

President Donald Trump demanded a smaller National Security Council this week in the wake of the whistleblower complaint.

Ingraham was likely thinking of another lawyer on the whistleblower's team, Andrew Bakaj, who worked for Schumer and Clinton—as an intern nearly 20 years ago.

The veteran prosecutor told MSNBC's "Hardball" that he would lock up people making threats against the whistleblower.

"They are blowing the whistle on corruption that they see and they're in that category because they fear they could be punished," Melissa Francis said.

The anonymous op-ed made waves at the time, but its author remains unknown more than a year after the piece was published.

Fox News host Mark Levin clashed with chief national correspondent Ed Henry as the journalist attempted to ask him questions about the Trump-Ukraine scandal.

"I've asked you a specific question, I'd like a specific answer," Chris Wallace said in a heated exchange with Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller.

Giuliani said if Schiff is removed and a "neutral person" is put in his place as chairman of the House committee, then he may consider cooperating with Congress.

"The radicals have been resisting and salivating at the chance to get revenge for their 2016 loss," the controversial conservative commentator claimed.

"I'm thinking it's probably a violation to threaten death for a whistleblower, retaliation and long for the good old days of hanging people."

Jewish philanthropist Soros has long been a favored bogeyman and target of anti-Semitism for the hard right.

49 percent of Americans approve of the impeachment inquiry and 46 percent disapprove, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

As of Thursday evening, the hashtag #CancelNYT rose to the third most-trending topic on Twitter in the U.S.

"I want to know who's the person who gave the whistleblower the information because that's close to a spy," Trump reportedly told staff at the U.S. Mission to the U.N.

"I'm not acting as a lawyer. I'm acting as someone who has devoted most of his life to straightening out government," Giuliani told The Atlantic.

"Please. Don't. Investigate. Who. The. Whistleblower. Is."

"You don't expect presidents to do that and it was completely inappropriate," Kasich said.

"It is a felony to ask for or to receive, to conspire and plan for, to attempt to acquire aid for a presidential campaign from a foreign government or foreign national," Andrew Napolitano said.

The whistleblower's complaint about President Donald Trump's communications with Ukraine was declassified and released Thursday morning, potentially giving Democratic lawmakers further ammunition in ongoing impeachment investigations.

"Well, that's what he did, isn't it?" Trump said when asked by reporters why it's fine that he asked a foreign country to probe his political opponent.

"I just thought that they would publish their part," Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Andrew Bakaj represents a group dedicated to helping whistleblowers.

Twitter users mocked Ivanka Trump the day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry on Donald Trump.

Tucker Carlson also defended President Donald Trump for pushing Ukraine to investigate the Biden family.

Pelosi responded, "Yes, you can tell your people to obey the law," MSNBC's Heidi Przybyla said.

"A lot of his supporters would think some sort of coup had taken place," Comey said of Trump hypothetically being impeached.

Former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton was among several alarmed administration officials who urged President Trump to release the nearly $400 million in funds to Ukraine, officials said.