Posted on 10/10/2019 7:56:55 AM PDT by Starman417
It’s bad enough that democrats want to remove Trump from office based on hearsay and secret witnesses but it gets worse. They are also changing the rules for the sole purpose of removing Trump.
Prior to the so-called “whistle blower” (WB) coming forward, the language in the complaint form did indicate that the information had to be first hand. IC IG Michael Atkinson changed the form specifically for this WB.
On Monday, the intelligence community inspector general (ICIG) admitted that it did alter its forms and policies governing whistleblower complaints, and that it did so in response to the anti-Trump complaint filed on Aug. 12, 2019. The Federalist first reported the sudden changes last Friday. While many in the media falsely claimed the ICIG’s stunning admission debunked The Federalist’s report, the admission from the ICIG completely affirmed the reporting on the secretive change to whistleblower rules following the filing of an anti-Trump complaint in August.Remember that the WB contacted Schiff’s office before he or she contacted the IG and Schiff lied about it.The ICIG also disclosed for the first time that the anti-Trump complainant filed his complaint using the previously authorized form, the guidance for which explicitly stated the ICIG’s previous requirement for firsthand evidence for credible complaints. The Federalist reported last week that it was not known which form, if any, the complainant used, as the complaint that was declassified and released to the public last week was written as a letter to the two chairmen of the congressional intelligence committees.
Michael Atkinson, the IC IG, could not account for the 18 day delay between the Ukrainian call and the filing of the complaint- or even when the WB contacted Schiff’s office.
Here’s the nitty grittyIntelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, in testimony to House lawmakers about the whistleblower complaint on President Trump‘s controversial phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, could not explain what accounted for the 18-day window between the July 25 call and the Aug. 12 complaint filing — or when exactly the whistleblower contacted a key Democrat’s staff, sources familiar with the testimony told Fox News.
The whistleblower’s contact with Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff’s staff before filing the complaint in mid-August has prompted renewed scrutiny of Schiff.
The top Democrat previously said “we have not spoken directly to the whistleblower,” but his office later revised the claim, saying that Schiff himself “does not know the identity of the whistleblower, and has not met with or spoken with the whistleblower or their counsel” for any reason.
Sources familiar with Atkinson’s closed-door, transcribed interview Friday with members of the House Intelligence Committee also noted that Atkinson said the whistleblower did not disclose the contact – during that 18-day window – with Schiff’s office, as Fox News first reported Friday. Sources said Atkinson testified that the whistleblower, in filing the complaint, left “blank” a section in which he or she could have disclosed that congressional contact.Left it blank- to be filled in later. And there’s a problem with the complainant
Sources further have told Fox News that Atkinson revealed the whistleblower volunteered he or she was a registered Democrat and had a prior working relationship with a prominent Democratic politician.As in a 2020 candidate.
So Atkinson’s actions make clear that depending on the target of the complaint, the IC is willing to rewrite the language in these forms.
That’s a problem. Sen. Tom Cotton also thinks there is a problem:
Michael Atkinson, the Intelligence Community Inspector General, or ICIG, is under fire for secretly eliminating a requirement that whistleblowers provide first-hand information to support allegations of wrongdoing. The ICIG admitted that it secretly changed its rules and forms in response to an error-ridden complaint filed against President Donald Trump that consisted entirely of gossip, rumor, and second-hand information.Now we learn that the House changed its rules to be able to further frame Trump. On the very day the WB complaint was filed, Pelosi changed the House rules for impeachment. The language change is here“Your disappointing testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on September 26 was evasive to the point of being insolent and obstructive,” Cotton, a Republican member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), wrote on Wednesday.
Cotton said Atkinson refused to disclose to SSCI members why Atkinson initially determined the anti-Trump complainant had a partisan political bias against Trump.
“Despite repeated questions, you refused to explain what you meant in your written report by ‘indicia of an arguable political bias on the part of a rival political candidate,’” Cotton wrote. “This information is, of course, unclassified and we were meeting in a closed setting. Yet you moralized about how you were duty bound not to share even a hint of this political bias with us.”
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The phrase “... in response to the complaint...” is particularly damning. Especially so, as conservatives suspected this was the case, but it had to be extracted under careful questioning.
Set up.
Rules and laws are for deplorables.
They don’t apply to Democratic Royalty.
Hello? Barr? Where are you, Barr? Here boy! You got work to do.
Democraps unmitigated hatred of Trump is fuelling this charade......them telling US what we should think is an outrage.
Democraps are willfully substituting their judgement for that of 63 million Americans who voted Trump into office.
It’s a nullification of our rights as citizens.
They’re nothing but Third World tin pot dictators.
This is the sort of thing that led to the fall of the Roman republic and the transition to a Roman Empire with essentially a king. The Senate was f-ing around with the laws so they could persecute political opponents. They tried playing that game with Julius Caesar and he said “hmmm, I have an army and they demand I return to Rome without it so I can be tried in a kangaroo court over lies? I think I’ll just bring my army with me.” And the Republic was no more.
They don’t seem to realize what will happen if they remove Trump illegitimately.
Some time around Thanksgiving
1. It's always someone else's fault.
2. If you have lost or it looks like you might lose, change the rules and try again.
See my tagline.
And atkinson still has a Job!?!?! Hey I want a Fed job for life too:-)
Yeah and folks think something will come out of his and company investigation?
I’m beginning to think Barr and Comp are actually looking into helping the Dims get material to help impeach President Trump.
Well, we have found classic partisan politics in the intelligence community,Investigator General.
According to the article, IC IG Michael Atkinson is self-identified.
Is there any question why the Intelligence Community can't be trusted (?) and is part of the "Deep State" swamp ?
“Rules and laws are for deplorables. They don’t apply to Democratic Royalty.”
Or deplorable presidents.
There is no point in having a conversation with liars.
When it comes to ‘rats, collectivists, socialists, totalitarians, CRIMINALS, SCUMBAGS...”no controlling legal authority”. Witness history. Witness current events.
“Hello? Barr? Where are you, Barr?”
Probably recovering from the hernia operation due to the Bag Pipes.
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