The whistleblower at the heart of the impeachment inquiry has offered to answer written questions from House Republicans, their lawyer says

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• The whistleblower and US intelligence official at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's is offering to answer written questions from House Republicans.
• Mark Zaid, the whistleblower's lawyer, said a request was made to Representative Devin Nunes, the senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, on Saturday night.
• On Twitter, Zaid wrote that the GOP's messaging led by Trump has been to pressure the whistleblower to reveal their identity, a move Zaid says would jeopardize the safety of the official and their family.
• "Being a whistleblower is not a partisan job nor is impeachment an objective," Zaid wrote. "That is not our role."
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The whistleblower whose complaint unleashed the full force of the impeachment inquiry onto President Donald Trump is now offering to answer written questions from House Republicans under oath.

Mark Zaid, the lawyer for both whistleblowers who sounded the alarm on Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president, said a request was sent Saturday night to Representative Devin Nunes, the senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee.

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