administration, some of those transcripts leaked and trump shrunk the audience of people who would get access to that. but nonetheless other people do see these transcripts. and what we have in this case is the extraordinary situation of somebody who is a member of the intelligence committee and at one point worked in the white house, was so concerned about something that donald trump said in a phone call with a foreign leader that they filed this whistle blower complaint knowing that they were putting their career at risk and believing that it would be transmitted to congress. >> adam schiff is at the microphone, let's hear what he has to say. >> -- i wanted to make some preliminary comments. first of all, i want to think that the whistle blower for coming forward, for having the courage to follow the procedu procedures, to make a 4r5u68 disclosure to the congress and the inspector general of conduct that was gravely concerning to the whistle blower. under the law when a whistle