a second whistleblower has come forward with information about trump. mark zaid, says his team rmt respects a second person who works in the intelligence community. he says his client has firsthand knowledge backing claims by the first whistleblower, who raised the alarm between mr. trump and zelensky. this is likely to undercut republicans who called the first whistleblower s claims hearsay. the first whistleblower claimed the president abused his official powers, digging up dirt on joe biden. and the white house tried to cover that up. the president has denied doing anything improper. cnn s jeremy diamond has more from the white house. reporter: there is now a second whistleblower from within
the alarm between mr. trump and zelensky. this is likely to undercut republicans who called the first whistleblower s claims hearsay. the first whistleblower claimed the president abused his official powers, digging up dirt on joe biden. and the white house tried to cover that up. the president has denied doing anything improper. cnn s jeremy diamond has more from the white house. reporter: there is now a second whistleblower from within the intelligence community, who has also raised concerns about president trump s call with the ukrainian president. the first whistleblower set off an impeachment inquiry from house democrats. now, also representing the second whistleblower. one of the attorneys says in a statement, i can confirm my firm and my team have multiple whistleblowers in connection to the august 12th, 2019 disclosure to the intelligence community inspector general. the second whistleblower has not
4:30 eastern time. we start with the latest in the impeachment inquiry. a second whistleblower has come forward with information about president trump. and an attorney confirming his team represents a second person who he says works in the intelligence community. he says his client has firsthand knowledge backing claims by the first whistleblower, who raised the alarm between mr. trump and zelensky. this is likely to undercut republicans who called the first whistleblower s claims hearsay. the first whistleblower claimed the president abused his official powers, digging up dirt on joe biden. and the white house tried to cover that up. the president has denied doing anything improper. cnn s jeremy diamond has more from the white house. reporter: there is now a second whistleblower from within the intelligence community, who has also raised concerns about president trump s call with the