Posted on 10/31/2019 4:10:50 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Full title: 'No further discussion': Talks halt between whistleblower lawyers and Schiff staff amid expectation he won’t testify.
The whistleblower whose complaint launched impeachment proceedings against President Trump is unlikely to testify to Congress, as talks have ceased between his legal team and committee leaders.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who has overseen depositions in Democrats' impeachment proceeding, was initially eager for the whistleblower to testify before citing concern about the person being identified.
Republicans accuse Schiff, a California Democrat, of changing course to prevent inquiries into his staff's dealings with the whistleblower before he filed his Aug. 12 complaint to the Intelligence Community inspector general.
A source familiar with the discussions told the Washington Examiner that talks halted over potential testimony from the whistleblower and there is no discussion of testimony from a second whistleblower, who supported the first's claims.
“There is no indication that either of the original whistleblowers will be called to testify or appear before the Senate or House Intelligence committees. There is no further discussion ongoing between the legal team and the committees,” the person said.
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Oops I’m mean ‘their’ work is done
“””””””””was initially eager for the whistleblower to testify before citing concern about the person being identified.”””
Too late, Jim. Everyone knows that Eric did it.
LOL, now that his name is on the record, it’s no so easy to carry the weight of these lies. We also get to see how lopsided his resume is/was with Leftists.
Maybe Prison time or Firing Squad might have scared him off
He never was going to testify..that was the plan all along
I volunteer for the latter.
MUST it be bolt action, though??
Really sad that cowards like this may end up toppling this great republic.
Be sure there is a bayonet mount
so the Dems and the MSM can repeat over and over again that Trump was impeached ,it’s all about turning Trump’s supporters against him ?
What? No face off with Tim Morrison?
They’re work is done. No need for them now, plus Schiff doesn’t want to get into any slight legal trouble that he has pretty much escaped from unscathed so far
Schiff? This is Senator Burr (REPUBLICAN-K Street) and his corrupt Senate intel committee not pursuing this Deep State coupist. We now have proof this is a bipartisan impeachment of President Trump.
“There is no indication that either of the original whistleblowers will be called to testify or appear before the Senate or House Intelligence committees. There is no further discussion ongoing between the legal team and the committees,” the person said.
The Republicans ought to subpoena the “whistleblower” and ask him about his relationship with the Committee Chair. Schiff would be in a box, because if he allows the “whistleblower” to testify, it risks exposing him. If he doesn’t allow the “whistleblower” to testify it exposes him. A perfect storm.
Since we know who he is, the Republicans should call him. Watch Schiff deny him. Then, if it gets as far as the Senate, he can be subpoenaed there. He can’t escape.
Useless Graham could drop a couple of subpoenas.
But he won’t.
L
The Republicans ought to subpoena the “whistleblower” and ask him about his relationship with the Committee Chair. Schiff would be in a box, because if he allows the “whistleblower” to testify, it risks exposing him. If he doesn’t allow the “whistleblower” to testify it exposes him. A perfect storm.
This is beyond a farce. The blower of the whistle is simply a cut out and tool of the House Dems. Presumably he was working miles away from the White House in Langley. Previously, he worked for half the Democrats in DC.
This Mueller all over again. A GOP Congress with no interest in gathering facts and defending POTUS against a coup. In fact their disinterest is defacto support of the House Dems and makes them no less than co-conspirators.
The Senate needs to be investigating the disposition of all US funds that went to the Ukraine over the last 8 years or so.
MUST it be bolt action, though??
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Mosin-Nagant?
In an interview...check this out...
Sam Stein: “Have you heard from the whistleblower? Do you want to hear from the whistleblower? What protections could you provide to the whistleblower?” …
Schiff: “We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower. We would like to. But I am sure the whistleblower has concerns that he has not been advised, as the law requires, by the inspector general or the director of national Intelligence just how he is supposed to communicate with Congress, and so the risk to the whistleblower is retaliation.”
Unless Adam SCIF is a mind reader, this sure looks like he intimately knows the concerns of the whistleblower, who now is known to be a political operative buried in the deep State bureaucracy -- and covering his partisan ass.
Graham could convene a hearing and subpoena some of these “witnesses,” but he seems intent to merely talk and do nothing. How many GOP Senators are going to turn and vote to convict when the House sends over articles of impeachment?
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