Posted on 10/02/2019 11:49:19 AM PDT by jazusamo
The CIA officer whose whistleblower complaint is at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump consulted with the House Intelligence Committee before filing it, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The whistleblower initially had a colleague convey his concerns that Trump asked Ukraine's leader to intervene in the 2020 presidential election to the CIA's top lawyer before going to Congress, current and former officials told the Times.
The whistleblower then reportedly changed course and spoke to an Intelligence Committee staff member who suggested that the person hire a lawyer and file a complaint.
The staffer shared part of the whistleblower's concerns with the committee's chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), but did share the person's identity with anyone, according to the Times.
“Like other whistle-blowers have done before and since under Republican and Democratic-controlled committees, the whistle-blower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the intelligence community,” Patrick Boland, a spokesperson for Schiff, told the newspaper.
The development will likely add to Trump's attack that the whistleblower was motivated by partisan interests.
The complaint was eventually released to the public last Thursday.
Is conspiracy a crime? ‘Cuz, it sure looks like we have one here.
Who appointed the ICIG, the person responsible for changing the “firsthand knowledge” requirement to “credible hearsay” AFTER having gotten the complaint?
Did he consult with Schiff? Or did he “just know what to do?”
Gee sounds a lot like..wait for it, wait for it....
COLLUSION! But nah, thats only when a Republican does it, when a Dem does it its “Hey thats different shut up!” By the way, there is NO whistleblower, its Adam Schiff, he’s the “Whistleblower”
In the ongoing presser, John Roberts asked Trump about this new Information. Among other things Trump said Schiff helped the whistleblower write it. (Paraphrased)
I am so looking forward to Randy Quaid running against Schiff
“Like other whistle-blowers have done before and since under Republican and Democratic-controlled committees, the whistle-blower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the intelligence community,” Patrick Boland, a spokesperson for Schiff, told the newspaper.
And Schiff leaked it like bad plumbing.
A very confident DJT just addressed this and said “Schiff helped to write it” If true, this is about a leak of classified information and not about a whistle blower.
A genuine, orchestrated, coup attempt.
Like WTF!
In a just world, Schiff would be hanging from a lamppost.
Trump just said in a news conference that Schifty Schiff wrote the whistleblower report. For the first time since this latest attack began I feel good. Trust our president.
I’m not sure that word means what you think it means.
Commie CIA agent?
yep. And the dems (and most GOP) are silent about it. Whatever happened to honorable opposition??? Sad state of affairs.
The way I see it, this impeachment BS is falling apart and won’t even get to the Senate. The Dems are scared Schiffless about discovery.
Well golly, someone blow the dust off those report forms! What closet has been hiding those babies since 2008?
If the whistleblower is a CIA operative, isn’t going to Schiff outside the chain of command?
Considering how many falsehoods the whistleblowers complaint contained, looks like Pencil-neck is guilty of participating in fraud.
Off the Wall Ping!
Contact to be added.
OK I guess I can buy that....maybe Schiff has multiple personalities. He contacted himself, another face filled out the complaint, then Schiff 1 presided in committee. The 3 faces of Schiff.
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