Adam Schiff says whistleblower may not testify in impeachment probe
He says there is concern for the person’s safety.
>If his name is unknown, how can he be getting threats? Who does he need to be protected from? (Implication is POTUS, of course)

By HEATHER CAYGLE
10/13/2019 12:24 PM EDT
Updated: 10/13/2019 01:25 PM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/13/schiff-whistleblower-impeachment-probe-045910
https://archive.is/0aj1y

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff indicated Sunday that the whistleblower at the heart of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump might not testify over concerns about the person’s safety.

Schiff (D-Calif.) said the whistleblower’s testimony might not be needed given that a rough transcript of the call with Trump asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a “favor” — the centerpiece of the whistleblower’s complaint — is public. In addition, lawmakers have a collected a tranche of damning text messages and witness testimony related to the scandal in the past two weeks.

“Our primary interest right now is making sure that that person is protected. Indeed, now there’s more than one whistleblower, that they are protected,” Schiff said on CBS’ “Face the Nation“ on Sunday.
A second whistleblower, reportedly with direct knowledge of the call, is being represented by the same legal team as the first official, but it’s unclear what information, if any, that person has provided House investigators.