这名匿名举报者的律师在周日表示，他的当事人将回答共和党人的书面问题。这名举报者对唐纳德·特朗普总统的电话和与乌克兰的其他交易举了旗。
代表告密者的律师马克·扎伊德向众议院情报委员会的最高共和党众议员德文·努恩斯提出了这个提议。扎伊德绕过该委员会的民主党主席亚当·希夫众议员，做出了令人惊讶的提议。
扎伊德周日在推特上表达了他的“无党派”意图。
“做告密者不是党派工作，弹劾也不是目标。这不是我们的角色，”扎伊德写道。“因此，我们向高级职业经理人协会会员@DevinNunes提供了机会，让少数族裔通过法律团队向世行贷款机构提交书面问题。Qs不能寻求识别信息，对此我们不会提供，否则是不合适的。我们将确保及时回答。”
Zaid说，他们希望以书面形式回答问题的原因是为了保持举报人的匿名性。从众议院到白宫的共和党人都试图揭露告密者的身份，扎伊德说他打算保护这一身份。
扎伊德说:“尽管HPSCI长期以来的政策是保护#告密者，特别是匿名(顺便说一句，这与我在#班加西的努力是一致的)，共和党一直试图暴露我们客户的身份，这可能会危及他们及其家人的安全。”。
扎伊德继续说:“我们已经直接与共和党就告密者的信息和身份的无关性(包括解决任何偏见问题)进行了接触，但在阻止攻击方面收效甚微。”。“顺便说一句，无数OIG的投诉都是匿名提交的&都是道听途说。这很常见。”
扎伊德补充说，告密者将“在宣誓和伪证罪的惩罚下”以书面形式回答问题
今年9月，希夫说特朗普及其政府成员非法与俄罗斯人合谋，他有一名告密者，他很快会作证。
希夫后来说，告密者的证词没有必要，后来有报道称，希夫在告密者提出投诉之前已经和告密者谈过了。
2019年9月26日，DC华盛顿，美国众议院特别委员会高级成员德文·努内斯(左)和委员会主席亚当·希夫(右)在国会大厦雷伯恩众议院情报办公室作证。该委员会询问马奎尔最近的一次告密者投诉，据报道，该投诉基于唐纳德·特朗普总统在最近的一次电话交谈中向乌克兰总统沃洛迪米尔·泽兰斯基施压，要求他调查主要民主党人是否“帮忙”。
特朗普周日表示，告密者“必须站出来”
特朗普7月25日与乌克兰总统沃洛迪米尔·泽兰斯基的电话是举报者主要抱怨的焦点，他们在电话中声称特朗普建议乌克兰人调查乔·拜登和乔的儿子亨特·拜登与乌克兰的交易。
据报道，当亨特·拜登的父亲是一名强大的参议员或美国副总统时，他与这个国家达成了友好的协议。
努恩斯的办公室收到了扎伊德的提议，但没有回应扎伊德的要求美联社。俄亥俄州众议员吉姆·乔丹是众议院司法委员会成员，也是对特朗普弹劾程序的强烈批评者，他说书面回答是不够的。
乔丹说:“你不能引发弹劾，也不能解释你在策划弹劾中的行为和角色。”。“我们对这个人的政治偏见和党派动机有严重的疑问，马克·扎伊德和亚当·席夫正试图将这些事实隐藏起来，不让公众审查。上周的证词引发了对匿名举报人的更多担忧，以及我们需要亲自听取他们的意见。”
特朗普总统称弹劾是一场“骗局”特朗普周日偶尔会发推特提及告密者，即使他在电视上说应该披露告密者的身份。
"揭露告密者，结束弹劾骗局！"特朗普发推特。
特朗普向白宫记者重申了他的观点。
“他们知道是谁。你知道是谁。特朗普说:“你只是不想报告。“而且你知道如果你这样做了，你会为公众做一件事。”
WHISTLEBLOWER ATTORNEY SAYS HIS CLIENT WILL ANSWER REPUBLICAN QUESTIONS AFTER ALL
The attorney of the anonymous whistleblower who raised flags about President Donald Trump's phone call and other dealings with Ukraine said Sunday his client will answer written questions from Republicans.
Attorney Mark Zaid, who represents the whistleblower, made the offer to Rep. Devin Nunes, the House Intelligence Committee's top Republican. Zaid made the surprise offer by going around Rep. Adam Schiff, the Democratic chairman of the committee.
Zaid tweeted his "non-partisan" intentions on Sunday.
"Being a whistleblower is not a partisan job nor is impeachment an objective. That is not our role," Zaid wrote. "So we have offered to @DevinNunes, Ranking HPSCI Member, opportunity for Minority to submit through legal team written questions to WBer. Qs cannot seek identifying info, regarding which we will not provide, or otherwise be inappropriate. We will ensure timely answers."
Zaid said the reason they wish to answer questions in writing is to maintain the anonymity of the whistleblower. Republicans from the House floor to the White House have sought to reveal the identity of the whistleblower, which Zaid said he intends to protect.
"Despite long standing policy of HPSCI to protect #whistleblowers, especially anonymity (btw, this was consistent with my efforts w/GOP on #Benghazi), GOP has sought to expose our client's identity which could jeopardize their safety, as well as that of their family," Zaid said.
"We have directly engaged GOP as to the irrelevance of the whistleblower's information and identity (including addressing any issue of bias), but with little effect in halting the attacks," Zaid continued. "Btw, countless OIG complaints are filed anonymously & full of hearsay. It's common."
Zaid added that the whistleblower would answer questions "in writing, under oath & penalty of perjury."
In September, Schiff said Trump and members of his administration illegally conspired with Russians, and that he had a whistleblower who would soon give testimony.
Schiff later said the whistleblower's testimony was not necessary, and reports later surfaced that Schiff had spoken with the whistleblower prior to the whistleblower filing their complaint.
U.S. House Select Committee ranking member Devin Nunes (L) (R-CA) looks on with Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (R) (D-CA) as Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testifies before the on Intelligence in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill September 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. The committee questioned Maguire about a recent whistleblower complaint reportedly based on President Donald Trump pressuring Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate leading Democrats as “a favor” during a recent phone conversation.
Trump on Sunday said the whistleblower "must come forward."
Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is what the whistleblower's main complaint centered, in which they claimed Trump suggested the Ukrainians investigate Joe Biden's dealings with Ukraine, along with Hunter Biden, who is Joe's son.
Hunter Biden reportedly received sweet deals with the country while his father was either a powerful senator or the vice president of the United States.
Nunes' office, who received the offer from Zaid, did not respond to a request from the Associated Press. Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, who's a member of the House Judiciary Committee and big critic of the impeachment process of Trump, said written answers won't be enough.
"You don't get to ignite an impeachment effort and never account for your actions and role in orchestrating it," Jordan said. "We have serious questions about this individual's political bias and partisan motivations and it seems Mark Zaid and Adam Schiff are attempting to hide these facts from public scrutiny. Last week's testimony raised even more concerns about the anonymous whistleblower and our need to hear from them, in person."
President Trump has called the impeachment a "hoax." Trump tweeted about the whistleblower on occasion Sunday, even after he said on TV the whistleblower's identity should be revealed.
"Reveal the Whistleblower and end the Impeachment Hoax!" Trump tweeted.
Trump reiterated his sentiments to White House reporters.
"They know who it is. You know who it is. You just don't want to report it," Trump said. "And you know you'd be doing the public a service if you did."
