Posted on 01/26/2020 2:15:42 PM PST by Kaslin
While presenting the Democrats' case for impeachment on the Senate floor, lead impeachment manager Adam Schiff (D-CA) kept referencing 17 witnesses who testified during the House impeachment inquiry. But there were 18 of them. Schiff and the Democrats are refusing to release the testimony of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, and according to Republicans who were present during Atkinson's closed-door testimony, the reason the transcript hasn't been released is because it proves both the whistleblower and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff did not tell the truth about their contact with each other.
Fox News' Maria Bartiromo interviewed Rep. John Ratcliffe on "Sunday Morning Futures" about the 18th transcript the Democrats are refusing to release. Rep. Ratcliffe was there for Inspector General Michael Atkinson's testimony and says the transcript is damaging to Chairman Adam Schiff and the whistleblower.
"The House managers kept putting up charts talking about the 17 witnesses," Ratcliffe began. "But there were 18 ... I was there. It's the one transcript out of 18 that hasn't been released. It's a 179-page transcript ... It's the one transcript that talks about Adam Schiff and the whistleblower. Now, everyone knows by now that Adam Schiff was not truthful about his contacts with the whistleblower. What they don't know and what's in that transcript is that the whistleblower wasn't truthful about his contacts with Adam Schiff. This whole thing started, Maria, when the whistleblower filed a complaint with the inspector general under penalty of perjury that wasn't true and correct, made representations in writing and verbally that weren't true and correct. And when we found that out and tried to get into the details of that, Adam Schiff, who was in charge of this investigation, shut it down, and now he's trying to bury that transcript."
Bartiromo noted that it wasn't the first time Chairman Adam Schiff has withheld exculpatory evidence. Despite looking at the same evidence as Chairman Schiff, Rep. Ratclffe and former Rep. Trey Gowdy both saw abuses in the FISA warrant process used against Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, something that has since been confirmed by Inspector General Michael Horowitz's investigation. At the time, Adam Schiff denied any abuses in the FISA process and accused Republicans and the president of lying.
"That's the very same person who is now out there spinning this Ukraine hoax in his latest impeachment effort," Rep. Ratcliffe continued. The congressman said he expects the president to be acquitted "by the end of this week."
The Democrats keep insisting on new witnesses. How about we hear from the old one first?
How did the Rats get Nunes sidelined for an ethics complaint while the RINOs cant do the same to Shifty?
Paul Ryan.
Doesn’t his underhanded tactics potentially reopen criminal cases he prosecuted as Assistant US DA to possible prosecutorial misconduct claims? Lawyers are lining up.
Why has Adam Schiff not been expelled from Congress ?
They have penciled him in as the next Senator from the Republic of California after they primary Dianne or she gives it up.
Seriously. The DNC in California is rabid and Schiff will be their hero for a long time after this.
Thanks, that would splain it.
How did the Rats get Nunes sidelined for an ethics complaint while the RINOs cant do the same to Shifty?
People underestimate the advantage the Left has with the fake news at their beck and call. Its huge.
The Right may as well be invisible.
We have the truth on our side - and that is profound - but who is going to hear it?
How about Hastings getting impeached and convicted and then getting elected to the House...obviously there is zero threshold of embarrassment.
Thanks for the information.
Maybe he blew Shifty's whistle!
Democrats are LAW-LESS because Republicans are BALL-LESS!
In Crazy Nancy's House?
“With an acquittal they cant.
Perhaps not with the same charges although I am unsure of the rules of impeachment in this area and whether double jeopardy applies. But the can always come up with some other fabricated reason for impeachment.
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We have the truth on our side - and that is profound - but who is going to hear it?
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Well, when you don’t even bother to attempt to put it out there, or follow-up w/ even the smallest of effort...
The (R)N(C) isn’t just the ‘stupid party’ it’s the ‘bloviating party’ too
It's totally normal.
Schifty was a Federal Prosecutor.
The DOJ and its subsidiary the FIB are all about withholding exculpatory evidence.
It's what they do.
EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE MUST RUN FOR ELECTION AGAIN IN NOVEMBER.
WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO GETS RE-ELECTED.
WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO GETS RE-ELECTED.
“After this coup-attempt is finally put-to-bed, Schiff, the whistleblower , and the Bidens need to be hauled before a congressional investigative committee, and thoroughly interrogated.”
F’K THAT!
They need to be hauled before a firing squad and thoroughly perforated!
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