[Pollster1]

That slimy weasel Ciaranella doesn’t have to worry about retaliation; we cannot fire the 50% of FedGov that is engaged in treason. [I wish we could and wold, but that is not going to happen.]

[Rashputin]

Depriving someone of their Civil Rights under color of law is an actual Federal crime. As soon as the House is out of session charge Schiff and the others, have Federal Marshals take them into custody, and hold them in the same facility their pal Epstein was held in where they'll feel secure.

[ryderann]

I don’t think that Schiff is protecting the “whistle blower” as much as he’s protecting himself.

[Paladin2]

Schifty is a trained Federal Prosecutor.

He is Skilled in the Art of the DOJ and its wholly owned subsidiary, The FIB.

[lodi90]

There is no reason to blame Schiff for this. The GOP Senate has had 3 months to gather these facts and make them public, too. They have chosen not to. Therefore, you have to assign blame to the so-called Republican controlled Senate for once again refusing to substantively support a GOP POTUS by hiding these coup related facts.

[Gahanna Bob]

The Bolton leak is an attempt to tamper with the jury. I’m not a lawyer but that is probably a crime committed by the leaker and the media.

[PGalt]

How was the republic overthrown by the CRIMINAL STATE? Let us witness the ways.

[norwaypinesavage]

Great article. I had not fully appreciated how deep in the slime Atkinson was. It’s worth reading the two letters linked in the article that Atkinson wrote to Schiff, circumventing the decisions of his boss, the DNI acting Director.

I remember at the time that the DNI Director had determined that the “whistleblower’s” complaint had no standing, but that Atkinson had revised several policies and then sent it on anyway. This article shows how corrupt that action actually was.

I believe that AG Barr has authority to release the Atkinson testimony under Trump’s delegation of declassification authority in this matter. It should be demanded that he obtain and release it immediately.

[USS Alaska]

The hypocrisy of it all is underscored by the fact that by hiding the whistleblower and the details of his initial contacts with Schiff and the ICIG, Schiff and the House managers are denying President Trump a basic constitutional right -- the right to confront one’s accuser. Why the President’s Senate defenders have not hammered this point home is a mystery.

If this isn't hit hard in the next two days, I'd like to know the reason.

[mad_as_he$$]

Witness 19! Call your Senators.

[buffyt]

Funny name. Rush said SHARAMELLA. I had been saying SCARAMELLA. I just looked up the whistleblower name and it is Ciaramella.
We both had been pronouncing it wrong...

Ciaramella = CHAR a Mella

Ci is pronounced CH in Italian. CECI is chay chee
and it means Garbanzo Beans.
Ciar is Char like in CHARCOAL
so
Char a Mella

(7 semesters of Italian from a gal who grew up in Italy)