A conservative pundit says the identity of the anonymous "whistleblower" at the center of the Democrats' impeachment depositions has finally been exposed – and it turns out he is clearly part of the deep state.

Late last week, RealClearInvestigations unmasked the identity of the man who triggered the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. He's Eric Ciaramella, 33, "a CIA analyst who at one point was detailed to the White House and is now back working at the CIA," says that source.

Sandy Rios, director of governmental affairs at the American Family Association, explains that the reason Congressman Adam Schiff (D-California) and the Democrats didn't want to release the name of the whistleblower is because he's an Obama holdover deeply implicated in undermining Trump.

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"Eric Ciaramella is fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, also Arabic. And … when he served on the National Security Council in the White House after President Trump was elected, he was known for leaking. And actually he was let go for that," she tells OneNewsNow.

Ciaramella now is being used as the key reason to impeach President Trump, Rios continues.

"We know he worked for [former Vice President] Joe Biden, he worked for [former CIA Director] John Brennan, [and] he worked for the Democrats," she points out – as does the RealClearInvestigations report.

According to that report, Ciaramella "left his National Security Council posting in the White House's West Wing in mid-2017 amid concerns about negative leaks to the media." A former NSC official is quoted, explaining "he was accused of working against Trump and leaking against Trump." The RealClearInvestigations report adds:

"Also, Ciaramella huddled for 'guidance' with the staff of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, including former colleagues also held over from the Obama era whom Schiff's office had recently recruited from the NSC. Schiff is the lead prosecutor in the impeachment inquiry.

"And Ciaramella worked with a Democratic National Committee operative who dug up dirt on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, inviting her into the White House for meetings, former White House colleagues said."

Rios summarizes: "So this is the official whistleblower who now we know is nothing more than part of the deep state. He is a leaker – he is not a whistleblower."

When the American people finally find out the truth about this impeachment, Rios predicts it will mean the demise of the "inquiry" headed by House Democrats.