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CNSNews.com) – President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s leaving it up to the Senate what witnesses if any will be called in the Senate impeachment trial, but he would ideally like to see House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) testify as well as the whistleblower, former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.



When asked whether he would support a deal for witnesses in the Senate trial that included testimony from Schiff and Hunter Biden, Trump said, “I’m going to leave it up to the Senate, but I’d like to hear the whistleblower. I’d like to hear Shifty Schiff. I’d like to hear Hunter Biden and Joe Biden.”

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When asked about former National Security Adviser John Bolton testifying, Trump said, “I always got along with him. He did not get along with some of our people, but that’s really going to be up to the Senate.”



Trump said it’s not up to him as to whether Bolton testifies, he’d have to ask the White House lawyers, because it’s an issue of presidential privilege.



“I’d have to ask the lawyers, because we do have to meet for the future. We have to protect presidential privilege. When we start allowing national security advisors to just go up and say whatever they want to say, we can’t do that, so we have to protect presidential privilege for me, but for future presidents. That’s very important,” he said.



“I would have no problem other than we have to protect. We have to be able to protect. People can’t go up and say whatever my thoughts are, whatever your thoughts are about us, countries, views. You don't want that to be out. So we have to protect presidential privilege,” the president added.





