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Whistleblower's Attorney Blasts '60 Minutes' For 'Literally Making Stuff Up'
Townhall ^ | 30 September 2019 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 09/30/2019 4:46:07 AM PDT by Magnatron

A lawyer for the Ukraine whistleblower blasted CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday for “literally making stuff up” in its reporting about a letter his legal group sent regarding their client’s safety.

In its reporting on the letter, “60 Minutes” claimed the whistleblower was under federal protection, even though that was clearly not stated in the letter.

In response, the whistleblower’s legal team published the letter and called out “60 Minutes" for their shoddy reporting.

“NEWS ALERT: 60 Minutes completely misinterpreted contents of our letter, which is now published online at https://compassrosepllc.com/intelligence-community-whistleblower-matter/ …,” attorney Mark S. Zaid tweeted. “Nor have we, as we stated earlier today, reached any agreement with Congress on contact with the whistleblower. Discussions remain ongoing.”

Rather than issuing a correction, “60 Minutes” doubled down and said it “stands by its sources and reporting on the whistleblower.”

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; fakebutaccurate; fakenews; markszaid; markzaid; seebs; trumpukraine; ukraine; waronerror
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Hmmm...

Schiff writing fiction for the media again?

No “government protection”. No agreement to testify.

When will this POS be removed already???

1 posted on 09/30/2019 4:46:07 AM PDT by Magnatron
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Kind of ironic, the biteblower complaining that people are “making stuff up.”


2 posted on 09/30/2019 4:48:07 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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But....But... I saw ST. ADAM SHITFORBRAINS tell Scott Pelley that a deal had been struck!!!

Could little pencil neck Adam be LYING??? OMG...he NEVER lies....except when opens his mouth!

3 posted on 09/30/2019 4:50:13 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Magnatron

I assume that Schiff represents a lot of fellow Jews in his district.....he will NEVER be ousted.


4 posted on 09/30/2019 4:51:04 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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The Adam Schiff Parody
5 posted on 09/30/2019 4:54:06 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: Ann Archy

actually there is a large percentage of Armenian-Americans in his district. it is drawn to be a safe D district no matter what.


6 posted on 09/30/2019 4:56:21 AM PDT by avital2
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To: Magnatron

News reports like this make me wonder if the “whistleblower” is a Trump operative whose sole purpose was to make Adam Schiff and the media look like a bunch of retarded fools.


7 posted on 09/30/2019 4:57:49 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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>>Rather than issuing a correction, “60 Minutes” doubled down and said it “stands by its sources and reporting on the whistleblower.”

SeeBS hearsay about a hearsay drama queen


8 posted on 09/30/2019 4:58:19 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Fido969

The attorneys are going to be surprised when their star client commits suicide. They will almost be as surprised as the victim.


9 posted on 09/30/2019 4:59:43 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Ann Archy

If Adam Schiff has a deal with the “whistleblower” to testify, why isn’t that deal public.

I personally believe the “whistleblower” will never appear before Congress. That would expose all those that provided information. That assumes there were actual firsthand informants in the US. This garbage could easily be coming from the Ukraine side.


10 posted on 09/30/2019 5:01:37 AM PDT by Gahanna Bob
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To: Magnatron

Not “whistleblower”, just rumor/gossip passer. No first hand knowledge, just passed along office gossip.


11 posted on 09/30/2019 5:06:24 AM PDT by Bulwinkle (, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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media making stuff up. Who would have thought such a thing would happen.....


12 posted on 09/30/2019 5:27:13 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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Ha Ha, even that stupid guy with the hat, Matt DRUDGE fell for the fake news. That hat must cover the hole in his head.


13 posted on 09/30/2019 5:37:42 AM PDT by Colo9250 (Clean out the entire upper ranks of the DOJ and put Tom Fitton and his team in their place!)
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I don’t see how Dims get 218 votes on the floor of the House without public testimony from this guy AND his so-called sources.

Surely not even Democrats are that stupid...


14 posted on 09/30/2019 5:52:57 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Hey, there, '60 Minutes!' You can't make up stuff! That's our job.
15 posted on 09/30/2019 5:59:11 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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Is there any law prohibiting the outing of the phony whistleblower? If there is none, why don’t we know his/her name by now? If this were reversed, you know the media would have overturning heaven and hell by now to out the patsy.


16 posted on 09/30/2019 6:06:30 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Mariner

This is about abortion

They know Ginsberg is gonna croak and they don’t want Trump naming her replacement

Dems will vote in lockstep, with a large enough margin to allow a few vulnerable ones some room to vote “present”


17 posted on 09/30/2019 6:10:21 AM PDT by digger48
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To: Fido969

Kind of ironic????

IT’S SUPER IRONIC.

But sure good to read that the phony whistleblower (non-existent) and his legal team are UPSET. BOO Freakin HOO.


18 posted on 09/30/2019 6:12:38 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: avital2

I would think that patriotic Armenians are patriotic.


19 posted on 09/30/2019 6:15:06 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: CharlesOConnell

Adman Schiff IS a parody.


20 posted on 09/30/2019 6:25:35 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (We need a consent decree for the FBI like Obama' DOJ was slaping on all those police agencies.)
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