Posted on 01/25/2020 12:49:41 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump’s defense team hit lead impeachment manager Adam Schiff over his contacts with the alleged whistleblower Saturday, suggesting Mr. Schiff’s conduct at the start of the impeachment inquiry in the House will be a sticking point in the defense’s strategy.
Patrick Philbin, deputy counsel to the president, referenced a transcript being withheld by Mr. Schiff’s committee that could be helpful to the president’s defense team, pointing to the inspector general for the intelligence community, who raised the issue of the whistleblower’s political bias.
“We don’t know what exactly the political bias was because the inspector general testified in the House committees in an executive session and that transcript is still secret. It wasn’t transmitted to the House Judiciary Committee,” Mr. Philbin said.
The revelation of the closely held transcript was reported Thursday by The Washington Times, noting the significance of the classified material.
“We don’t know what he was asked and what he believed about the whistleblower,” Mr. Philbin added. “You would think before going forward with an impeachment proceeding against the President of the United States, you would want to find something out about the complainant that started all of it.”
The House impeached Mr. Trump in a mostly party-line vote Dec. 18 on two counts, abuse of power for asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joseph R. Biden and obstruction of Congress for not cooperating with the impeachment investigation.
The House impeachment managers argued that they had “overwhelming evidence” of wrongdoing by Mr. Trump, including using Oval Office power to strongarm Ukraine into smearing Mr. Biden.
Mr. Philbin suggested the reason some of this information is being withheld is because Mr. Schiff first denied having contact with the whistleblower, but then it was later revealed his staff did communicate with the whistleblower.
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Schiff has been practicing playing a Hollywood pretender hoping for an acting Oscar. He has no credibility as an honest broker and Congressman.
First thing is to show that the guy presenting evidence is a proven liar. Then do you believe anything he tells you?
Kind of a rat face....
Schiffs dad. Hmmmmm....wonder now. ...what became of that freak?.....Hmmmmmm
The very first thing I would demand is Schiff be drug tested. He acts like he is high on cocaine all the time. Anyone working for the federal government who tests positive for cocaine loses their job and clearance. I suspect Schiff won’t pass a drug test. That will end his credibility
Even better!!LOL!
Didn’t Gollum think they would use his phony transcript up front?
They clarified that the whole scheme is suspect and pointed out a number of outright lies/lies of omission, illegal demands, that when not met, were portrayed as a coverup even though they had no legal basis...Schiff and company gonna need some Xanax before taking their seats on Monday...
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