uh oh. In his zeal to reconstruct a WH "cover-up" (Art. II, obstruction of congress) of phone conversations ("telcons") with Pres. Zelensky, Mr Manager Jeffries (millioniare NY trial atty) evoked the dread whistleblower-who-must-be-guarded-from-WH-retaliation.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries asks: 'Who ordered the cover-up?' - Trump impeachment trial latest

[access to transcripts] strongly suggests, Jeffries continued, that senior officials attempted to conceal, rather than address, Trump's misconduct. The cover-up continued, he said, after a whistleblower filed a complaint about the call. That prompted a two-part strategy to block Congress and the public from learning about the call while trying to convince Trump to lift his hold on military assistance to Ukraine before anyone could find out what was happening, Jeffries argued.

22 Jan - REALCLEAR franchise material
"Whistleblower Was Overheard in '17 Discussing With Ally How to Remove Trump
"Eric Ciaramella, right. He and a colleague, Sean Misko, below -- both now central to impeachment -- were Obama administration holdovers (whitehouse.gov)."