The Financial Services Committee chairwoman, who hasn't been one to mince words about Trump, escalated her calls for impeachment in the wake of the president's attacks on the intelligence community whistleblower complaint that sparked a formal impeachment inquiry by House Democrats.

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"I'm calling on the GOP to stop Trump's filthy talk of whistleblowers being spies & using mob language implying they should be killed. Impeachment is not good enough for Trump. He needs to be imprisoned & placed in solitary confinement. But for now, impeachment is the imperative," Waters tweeted

Waters has previously said Trump should be imprisoned, but this is the first time she called for solitary confinement.

"Michael Cohen is serving 3 yrs for the crimes that he committed w/ and for the President of the USA. Many are wondering why this case was closed. It ain't over until it's over & it ain't over until Trump is held responsible for all of his crimes. Impeachment first, prison next!" Waters tweeted at the time

Trump told reporters Monday that the White House is "trying to find out" about the whistleblower. He revisited the topic on Tuesday, tweeting, "Why aren’t we entitled to interview & learn everything about the Whistleblower, and also the person who gave all of the false information to him."



“This person appears to have followed the whistleblower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected. We should always work to respect whistleblowers’ requests for confidentiality," said Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus.



“No one should be making judgments or pronouncements without hearing from the whistleblower first and carefully following up on the facts," Grassley added. "Uninformed speculation wielded by politicians or media commentators as a partisan weapon is counterproductive and doesn’t serve the country."