Posted on 05/08/2020 9:29:36 AM PDT by Swordmaker
I started reading through and or skimming the tranche of released transcripts of testimony that has been hidden from view for far too long yesterday and found myself on the second Bannon interview.
These are in alphabetical order with dates also listed oddly, so you need to pay attention when a witness testimony spans two days, such as Bannon’s, as it can be confusing when reading. Bannon’s has the two days with the second day listed first.
I had read beyond Bannon when I realized there was a transcript missing. The transcript for Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson is just not there! The list jumps from the attorney who just perspicaciously attended the Trump Tower meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, to Bannon. His testimony did not forward Schiff’s Russia, Russia, Russia or anything to do with Ukraine at all. Nor did it tie Veselnitskaya to the Russian government in any substantive way. Big nothing. Most importantly, their released list, jumped from Akhmetshin to Bannon. Schiff and the Conga line of Democrats were trying to tie erroneous media reporting that he had been either a KGB or GRU officer in a prior career. He debunked that quickly.
Bannon’s First day was an exercise in futility for Schiff and even Trey Gowdy as Bannon refused to answer anything relating to the Transition period or his time in the White House under instruction from his attorneys as Presidential Privilege. He was willing to discuss anything about the campaign or after that did not relate to his time in the White House or transition. Second day was better as they focused on the campaign, with only a little attempts at “Gotcha”.
BUT WHERE IS ATKINSON’S TESTIMONY THAT REVEALS THE KEY TO THE PLOT???
Tranche:
late 15th century: from Old French, literally ‘slice’.
Was that the one that, even though they had 18 people testifying, Schiff and others repeatedly kept saying there were only 17?
It may be “declassified” but it’s still controlled by Schiff’s Control of the SCIF rules of the House. They cannot say anything about what transpired in the SCIF until HE releases it. Grenell works for the Executive Branch and has merely cleared it for their concerns. SCHIFF controls. Until the Republicans get back power, they can do nothing except grumble and hold their tongues.
Every single one of these transcripts have the (name redacted) majority counsel, telling the witness, right at the beginning of them, that their testimony was being taken without it being classified. WHY then were these testimonial hearings being held in a SCIF???
That answer is simple, that allowed SCHIFF to say anything HE wanted about what was said, making statements at every break, and lie he did, lying at every break, misrepresenting what the witnesses were saying, which is now very obvious, but no one else could call him out on it.
So far Schiff is getting away with withholding parts of it. No doubt he is trying to keep a lid on the worst of it. Even FNC is not mentioning the fact the little scumbag has not released key parts of it.
Ah, you’re both right; Old brain that farts too often. Thanks. Carry on.
That was after Schiff took over. These transcripts are from when republicans held the IC.
Maybe that’s in the stack of things to come
I keep thinking that too! We should email Trump because he’s the only one who will talk about it. I can’t wait until the rallies return.
Schiff COVERUP!!!
Same impeachment hearings. Democrats were in the majority.
Dems were in the House majority in 2017-18? That’s news to me. Well I suppose you can say Paul Ryan is a Democrat in all but label.
Do you mean the 'watchdog" who adjusted the rules of evidence to allow, in violation of the Constitution,
the 'Rules of Evidence' whereby third-hand hearsay was allowed as 'prima facia evidence of wrong doing in the Ukranian telephone call ?
You will find him within the "Deep State", and he needs to be listed along with Comey, Clapper, and Strozyk.
C’mon Grinnell, we’re waiting...
Tick tock!
This is my understanding: The transcripts released were related to collusion with Russia, The Atkinson testimony was related to the Impeachment over Ukraine Quid pro Quo. Two different hoaxes.
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