Posted on 11/11/2021 5:22:05 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, defended his longtime promotion of the now-discredited Steele dossier by claiming that his team "couldn't have known" that Igor Danchenko, the Russian analyst believed to have been the dossier's sub-source, had allegedly lied to former British spy Christopher Steele.
"Well, first of all, whoever lied to the FBI or lied to Christopher Steele should be prosecuted, and they are," Schiff said on "The View" Tuesday.
"But at the beginning of the Russia investigation, I said that any allegations should be investigated," he continued. "We couldn't have known, for example, people were lying to Christopher Steele.".....
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had told Schiff and his colleagues, "I never saw any direct empirical evidence that the Trump campaign or someone in it was plotting/conspiring with the Russians to meddle with the election."
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[snip] Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had told Schiff and his colleagues, "I never saw any direct empirical evidence that the Trump campaign or someone in it was plotting/conspiring with the Russians to meddle with the election." [/snip]
So he admits it was bogus, and he didn’t vet it to determine its veracity.
“Schiff: ‘We couldn’t have known’ about lies behind Steele dossier”
Yes Schiff could have known. In fact he was likely one of the first to know, since Charles Dolan, Virginia Chairman of Bill Clinton’s campaigns in 1992 and 1996, was the source of the lies to Danchenko which were the basis for the dossier. Hillary Clinton knew since she was paying for the dossier. I would be willing to bet that Schiff and all the powerful Democrats knew the dossier was full of lies, since they were the ones who invented and propagated those lies.
I thought a prerequisite for being on the Intelligence Committee was having a reasonable amount of intelligence.
Keep digging, Schifty. You’ll get your China reward yet.
That's the logic fail. Only credible allegations should be investigated.
just who got punked by russan comedians on a phone call ummm little shiff for brains
What a great week for MAGA:
1. Lesby Cheney admits that Jan 6 was a black flag event
2. ShiftySchiff admits he lied.
Of course, neither one directly admitted to that, but by admitting to the issue, they are confessing to the truth.
Schiff head.
We all knew.
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