Trump Impeachment Liveblog, Day 4: Trump Demands Schiff’s Resignation

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As the White House scrambles to mount a defense against impeachment proceedings—a predicament Donald Trump reportedly never actually thought would come to life—scrutiny into the president’s efforts to cover-up the cover-up are intensifying.
Follow along below.
12:51 p.m. ET: Presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is finally on board with the impeachment inquiry.

Tulsi Gabbard is now a “yes” on the impeachment inquiry.
She had previosuly (even earlier this week) said impeachment talk was divisive. pic.twitter.com/yVVFHWcmNo
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) September 27, 2019

12:18 p.m. ET: 

this is amazing pic.twitter.com/vuWNlgQ8C9
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 27, 2019

10:40 a.m. ET: The White House confirms, for the first time, a major allegation in the whistleblower complaint, that the transcript of Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s president was moved to a separate classified server. (Yes, a server.) A senior official told CNN that the decision for the highly unusual move came at the direction of lawyers for the National Security Council.
8:15 a.m. ET: Gabriel Sherman reports on the existential crisis hitting Fox News this week, with even Sean Hannity acknowledging that the whistleblower complaint at the center of Trump’s Ukraine scandal is “really bad” for the president. Meanwhile, White House aides are quickly realizing there is no roadmap.
7:50 a.m. ET: “This is no cause for any joy,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says on impeachment during an appearance on Morning Joe. “This is a very sad time for our country.” Pelosi also blasts Attorney General William Barr for going “rogue” in his unprecedented efforts to shield the president.

Speaker Pelosi says on AG Barr: “He’s gone rogue … I think where they are going is the cover up of the cover up, and that’s very really sad for them. To have a Justice Department go so rogue … now it just makes matters worse.” pic.twitter.com/l6jhF1UzjJ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 27, 2019

7:30 a.m. ET: Trump calls on House Intelligence chairman Rep. Adam Schiff to resign. 

…sound horrible, and me sound guilty. HE WAS DESPERATE AND HE GOT CAUGHT. Adam Schiff therefore lied to Congress and attempted to defraud the American Public. He has been doing this for two years. I am calling for him to immediately resign from Congress based on this fraud!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2019

7:00 a.m. ET: The president emerges Friday morning laser-focused and ready for battle. We won’t insult you by pointing out the obvious errors in this one.

To show you how dishonest the LameStream Media is, I used the word Liddle’, not Liddle, in discribing Corrupt Congressman Liddle’ Adam Schiff. Low ratings @CNN purposely took the hyphen out and said I spelled the word little wrong. A small but never ending situation with CNN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2019