The latest on the Trump Impeachment Inquiry

House Democrats extended their prosecution investigation or impeachment inquiry into President Trump today.

They subpoenaed the Pentagon and Office of Management and Budget regarding the decision to hold up foreign aid to Ukraine. They are requesting the organizations turn over records by Oct. 15.

In case you're just tuning in, this is what else you have to know today:

• Request proceeds: Democrats have mentioned data from three Rudy Giuliani partners — Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-American representative who worked with Giuliani; Igor Fruman, a colleague of Parnas; and Semyon "Sam" Kislin, a former aide to Giuliani. Lawmakers are also warning they will subpoena the associates if they do not comply with their requests for documents and depositions.

• Whistleblower protection: The House Intelligence Committee and attorneys for the whistleblower who filed a complaint about Trump's direct are talking about extraordinary measures to ensure the individual's identity in the midst of developing worries about their wellbeing, as per a few sources acquainted with the procedure. Among the measures being discussed are the plausibility of utilizing an off-site area, restricting Hill staff and individuals who might be present and even disguising the individual's image and voice, the sources said.

• Rick Perry: The Energy Secretary said he "absolutely" asked Trump "multiple times" to call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, yet about vitality — not previous Vice President Joe Biden and his son1, Hunter. Perry's representative likewise affirmed that he was not on Trump's July 25 telephone call with Zelensky.

• The second whistleblower: Trump told correspondents today he is "not at all" worried about a second whistleblower. The lawyer for the first intelligence whistleblower who approached with allegations concerning Trump and his connections with Ukraine said he and other lawyers in his group are currently speaking to the econd whistleblower, who the lawyer said works in the intelligence community, has direct information that supports cases made by the first whistleblower and has addressed the intelligence community's inspector general.