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?
also, congress is its own controlling legal authority on impeachment procedure. if the procudure is flawed, such as with failure to produce exculpatory evidence, then only congress has the lawful power to remedy the failure. in this case, if the house procedure is flawed, then only the senate has the authority to nullify its effects (the impeachment). the senate should dismiss the impeachment charges, hold the pelosi and the house impeachment managers in contempt of congress, declare them vexatious litigants, barring them from bringing forward any future impeachments for life, affirm that trump is innocent until judged guilty in the full senate of any such charges, and dismiss the charges with prejudice. not to execute full authority to dismiss charges will encourage house democrats to try repeatedly again and it would also set a bad precedent for all future impeachments. then the senate should table permanently the house resolution to ban trump from the office of president (since at that point, to consider passing it would be ludicrous on its face).
i wonder what effect would acquittal have on the potency of any evidence that has been gathered but not yet submitted by the house— i suppose that new and substantially different charges would need to be written, passed by the house and submitted to the senate...
That would be a good thing for the defense to bring up and asked during the Senate Q&A
Do they want a 50 million man march?
This is how you get a 50 million man march
Cause Nan is the Speaker.
It belongs to the legislative branch.
Nope, bring them all to SWVa, where they will enjoy Southern hospitality and an honest and proper interrogation. LOL
Bump
Wow! Suborning evidence too, eh?
Good job on this one.
I am sure we will hear more about it Monday and Tuesday
If it was the other way around, the dems would not be shy about pushing him out of Congress.
Likewise, it is clear the "whistleblower" lied on the complaint form since the phone call he referenced was not at close to the truth. He should be prosecuted for perjury and I'm sure there should be more charges.
Isn't that what Obama did?
How to run a trial like the Soviets.
How did the ‘Rats get Nunes sidelined for an ethics complaint while the RINOs can’t do the same to Shifty?
Correct. No to dismiss. ..Yes to acquit. ..if the glove don’t fit. ...
NO!
Trump needs to be acquitted, nothing less.
That will exonerate Trump and is the same of finding him not guilty and COMPLETLY INNOCENT of ALL charges.
shades of the 18-second gap of tape and Nixon..
Hysteria repeating itself?
yawwwwnn ..
Yes, acquit!
If the charges are bogus
...and don’t fit....
You MUST acquit!
Acquit NOT dismiss!
Because he is a Progressive Democrat.
The Progressive Democrats hold the majority. For now.
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