Schiff on Whistleblower Contact: ‘I Should Have Been Much More Clear’

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 08, 2019. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said he should have been more transparent about the contact his committee had with a whistleblower that ultimately triggered an impeachment investigation.

He was responding to a question from CBS News host Margaret Brennan, who asked him: “Do you regret saying that we, the committee, weren’t in touch with the whistleblower?”