Rep. Eric Swalwell claimed that President Trump had threatened to execute people who helped the whistleblower and that we would see if the American people would hold him accountable.
"He copped to the crime. He said in 2016 he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue, we’re going to find out if that’s true, and that he could get away with it as Americans," the California Democrat said Thursday on MSNBC.
"He's actually threatened the execution of anyone that would give information to the whistleblower. And we’re going to find out is is that who we are as Americans, that we would let this man in our great country get away with this."
Trump said Thursday that the person who helped the whistleblower was "close to a spy" while also mentioning the "old days" when governments would deal with spies differently, presumably a reference to capital punishment. Some used the comment to claim the president was threatening people's lives, though the crowd in the audio of the speech laughed, seeming to take the words as a joke.
Swalwell urged earlier this week for Speaker of the House Nance Pelosi to have "urgency" with the impeachment process and to not "screw around."
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