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Source: Washington Post
House Republicans sent Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff a list of witnesses they want to testify in the impeachment inquiry, including former vice president Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden and the anonymous whistleblower who filed the initial complaint against President Trump.
But Schiff is likely to reject many, if not all, of the witnesses from the Republicans' wish list.
"We expect that you will call each of the witnesses listed above to ensure that the Democrats' 'impeachment inquiry' treats the President with fairness, as promised by Speaker Pelosi," wrote Devin Nunes (Calif.), ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee. "Your failure to fulfill Minority witness requests shall constitute evidence of your denial of fundamental fairness and due process."
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-gop-asks-for-hunter-biden-and-whistleblower-to-testify-in-impeachment-probe/2019/11/09/a6751cc6-02fe-11ea-8501-2a7123a38c58_story.html
ETA - CNN published a copy of the letter here (viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6544141-Rm-Letter-to-Chm-Re-Witness-Request.html#document/p1
Original article and headline -
By Washington Post Staff
November 9, 2019 at 9:50 a.m. EST
In a July 25 call to the Ukrainian leader, President Trump pressed for an investigation of former vice president Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, who was on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma. The whistleblower's report of the call triggered the impeachment probe.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/11/09/house-gop-asks-for-hunter-biden-and-whistleblower-to-testify-in-impeachment-probe-a-request-that-democrats-are-expected-to-reject/