Top aides to Donald Trump sought Sunday to turn the tables on Democrats pushing for his impeachment, insisting the president was the true “whistleblower” in urging Ukraine to probe the son of rival Joe Biden for corruption.
Trump’s Republican allies have closed ranks as he battles the deepest crisis of his presidency, flatly denying he abused his power and seeking to discredit the anonymous whistleblower who exposed the scandal. That person will testify before Congress soon, lawmakers said.
“The president of the United States is the whistleblower,” Trump advisor Stephen Miller told “Fox News Sunday.” “This individual is a saboteur trying to undermine a democratically elected government,” he said. “Getting to the bottom of a corruption scandal in Ukraine is in the American national interest.”