It’s obvious that this Ciaramella character felt the walls closing in on him after Barr and Durham visited Italy. Feeling the pressure, Ciaramella felt that the best defense is a good offense, so, he asked Schiff and Nadler and Pelosi for help, and thus, the Ukraine call scam was born.
He wanted to create another scandal in order to deflect from his role and that of the Obama cohorts in the Ukraine/Russia/DNC/Obama/Hillary/FBI/DOJ collusion to undo the 2016 presidential election. Schiff and Nadler and a few other members of congress may be caught in the conspiracy to get Trump out of the White House. The congressional investigators are may/should/could be brought up on conspiracy charges to unseat the president.
He got “whistleblower” status, dubiously, to protect him from his crimes.
I think your assessment of the situation is very close to the truth..
one problem when did barr go to italy when was the phone call when did wb go to schiff?