Posted on 10/13/2019 6:02:30 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday that the House Intelligence Committee might not need to interview the CIA analyst who filed a whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump, a reversal for the Democrat, who has come under fire for failing to disclose the whistleblowers contacts with his office.
Schiff acknowledged he initially supported the whistleblower testifying about the Aug. 12 complaint, which centered on a July 25 phone call Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Given that we already have the call record, we dont need the whistleblower who wasnt on the call to tell us what took place during the call, we have the best evidence of that, Schiff said on Face the Nation. It may not be necessary to take steps that might reveal the whistleblowers identity to do that, and were going to make sure we protect that whistleblower.
The Democrat has slowly pulled back his preference for the whistleblower to testify after it was revealed Oct. 2 that the CIA analyst had contact with a Schiff aide prior to filing the complaint Aug. 12. (RELATED: Read The Whistleblower Complaint)
In interviews leading up to the release of the whistleblower complaint, Schiff implied he had no insight into who the whistleblower was, or what they were alleging.
WATCH:
Margaret Brennan, the host of Face the Nation, did not ask Schiff questions about his offices interactions with the whistleblower. She asked Schiff in the closing seconds of her show if he regretted saying in an interview Sept. 17 that we have not spoken directly with the whistleblower.
We would love to talk directly with the whistleblower, Schiff said in that interview.
Schiff said Sunday he should have been much more clear about his offices contacts with the whistleblower.
Schiff acknowledged Sunday that he initially wanted the whistleblower to testify, but that he has changed his mind after Trump started threatening the whistleblower and threatening others.
Schiff noted Trump has referred to the unidentified whistleblower as a spy and traitor.
Our primary interest right now is making sure that that person is protected. Indeed, now theres more than one whistleblower, that they are protected, Schiff said.
House Democrats have given indications that they were shifting away from pushing for the whistleblowers testimony.
House Democrats were considering disguising the whistleblower during any potential interview in order to prevent Republicans from leaking the whistleblowers identity, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
A Republican source familiar with the matter told the Daily Caller News Foundation in response to that report that it appeared Schiff was laying the groundwork to announce the whistleblower will not testify, and to blame that on Republicans.
Schiff may not want the whistleblower to testify anymore because the whistleblower would have to reveal more details about this cooperation with Schiff, the Republican source told the DCNF.
GG Schitt you dummy. You got suckered. You’re checkmate. You were playing chicken with a cliff and had no choice but to stay on the gas.
You and Pelousy can’t bring a inquiry because the other side gets to subpeona. You can’t bring these spies in as witnesses because they get sworn under oath.
If you guys weren’t America’s Hamas you’d take the L and go lose an election, but you’d rather steer the ship of state into the iceberg. You are scum.
So the Democrats are going to impeach Trump using what the “whistleblower “ said the phone call was about and not the transcripts of the actual phone call. Is Dan Rather the whistleblower? You know fake but accurate Dan Rather?
It’s probable that there is no whistleblower. Schiff’s staff wrote it.
Basically, this dope Schitt has been fabricating a fictional modern-day "Deep Throat" out of thin air.
Of course he can’t testify. The entire CIA spook/deep state coup conspiracy would be exposed.
Well, we can’t take a chance on the WB contradicting what Schiff etal have been braying for weeks.
It won’t even get to the Senate. Fizzle, fizzle.
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Washington Examiner | 13 Oct 19 | Daniel Chaitin
Posted on 10/13/2019 5:56:15 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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Certainly not at the tribunal.
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This BS won't go away until Schiff-for-brains is frog-marched out of the House and Pelosi is no longer the House Madam.
Ah. Then he's not a whistle blower, he's a wiretapper.
i think they are stuck and dont know what to do..or how to get out of it. If they had any kind of serious case, they would be on all 3 networks plus cable channels with live testimony...ala water-gate. All they can do now is selectively leak and try and drive Trumps numbers down.
Why even have a hearing or a vote? Don’t they have everything they need to impeach him already? They could say he is obstructing justice by staying in office.
Thankyou. Two weeks ago I was convinced there was no whistleblower. Now it is obviously a crock...another expensive Dem hoax. Disgraceful.
A quick way to end this is for the Senate Intelligence Committee to look into changes in and abuse of the whistleblower regulations, calling on both WBs and the ICIG to testify under oath about all of this.
If the Pubbies can find their spines, that is.
That is a good idea. Where is Lindsey? Still being blackmailed with the tapes?
under no circumstance can the Dems allow the Whisteleaker to be interrogated under oath by the Pubs, as the Whisteleaker will either have to commit perjury a very large number of times are fess up the details of the conspiracy under oath ...
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