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WATCH: Democrats propose sweeping bill to curb presidential abuses

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Matthew Daly, Associated Press

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) looks past ranking member Devin Nunes (R-CA) and a committee attorney at newly installed Republican committee member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) at the start of the first open House Intelligence Committee impeachment inquiry hearing into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

WATCH: Rep. Jordan calls for whistleblower to testify

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio says the whistleblower, whose complaint touched off the inquiry, should come before lawmakers.

By Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 4, 2019. Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters

U.S. envoy on Ukraine text messages fails to appear for interview

A whistleblower's complaint and text messages released by another envoy portray Gordon Sondland as a potentially important witness to allegations that the Republican president sought to dig up dirt on a rival in the name of foreign policy.

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Young Black Leadership Summit at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2019. Photo by Yuri Gripas/Reuters

New whistleblower may give House Democrats fresh information

A second individual has emerged who could corroborate the original whistleblower's complaint gripped Washington and potentially heightened the stakes for Trump.

By Eric Tucker, Richard Lardner, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

WATCH: Trump holds joint news conference with Finland’s president

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto urged President Donald Trump to work with European leaders and added: “Mr. President, you have here a great democracy. Keep it going on."…

WATCH: Trump says whistleblower should be protected if ‘legitimate’

By Associated Press

Trump was highly critical though of the whistleblower report alleging he used the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election.

The legal framework protecting whistleblowers in the U.S.

The modern-day False Claims Act protects whistleblowers who point out fraud and abuse in government. John Phillips, who helped author the law, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the rights whistleblowers have. Phillips is a founding partner at the law firm…

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White House attorneys directed Ukraine call transcript to be sealed

By Zeke Miller, Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

A senior administration official acknowledged that the rough transcript of Trump's July 25 phone conversation with Ukraine's president was moved to a highly classified system.