House did not rely on whistleblower complaint -impeachment manager

Democratic U.S. Representative Val Demings, one of the House impeachment managers prosecuting the case, said the identity of the whistleblower, whose complaint about Ukraine led the House to begin its impeachment inquiry, was irrelevant.

"It does not matter who initially sounded the alarm when they saw smoke.

What matters is the firefighters - Congress - were summoned and found the blaze," Demings said.