"...he was confident that Trump would not release the REAL transcript so he could be sure everyone would believe his false declaration." ~~~~~~
IIRC, the transcript had already been released by POTUS -- before Schiffforbrains dumped his delusional mind-barf...
(If I'm wrong, no doubt, some kind FReeper will "set me straight" -- and save me the trouble of looking it up...)
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Well if you are correct, that blows my theory out of the water...heh.
I did think though that Schiff did his lyin’ screed before the transcript was out.