Posted on 10/08/2019 8:03:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff fumed on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s testimony is "very relevant" to Congress’s investigation into Ukraine and the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. They have access to text messages that prove Sondland was in contact with his Ukrainian counterparts about the Bidens and the reports of quid pro quo on the part of the president, Schiff shared.
The State Department’s decision to block Sondland from testifying, the chairman said, means the White House is "taking actions to prevent us from protecting the nation’s security."
Still, Schiff said the panel will continue to investigate four specific items: Whether the president solicited foreign help from Ukraine, whether he sought a meeting with Ukraine to gauge their willingness to investigation the Bidens and the 2016 election, whether Ukraine was given reason to believe military aid was being withheld until it made commitments to Trump, and whether there was an effort by the president, secretary of state, or other administration officials "to cover up this misconduct."
Republicans spoke to the press immediately after Schiff's presser, with a different take on the proceedings. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said Republicans "understand why" the State Department stopped Sondland from testifying.
"It’s a based on an unfair and partisan process Mr. Schiff has been running," Jordan said.
The Republican repeated the report that Schiff didn’t even tell his fellow panel members that he had met with the whistleblower before the complaint was published.
"We were actually looking forward to hearing" from Sondland, Jordan said. "But unfortunately, the chairman is so biased that he wouldn’t even tell us he met with whistleblower prior to the complaint."
ordan added that they were not about to subject Ambassador Sondland to the same treatment former Ukraine special envoy Kurt Volker experienced from the Democrats on the panel during his own deposition.
President Trump said on Twitter on Tuesday that he too doesn't want to see Sondland enter that "kangaroo court."
TRUMP TWEETS:
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump · 1h I would love to send Ambassador Sondland, a really good man and great American, to testify, but unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court, where Republican’s rights have been taken away, and true facts are not allowed out for the public....
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump ....to see. Importantly, Ambassador Sondland’s tweet, which few report, stated, “I believe you are incorrect about President Trump’s intentions. The President has been crystal clear: no quid pro quo’s of any kind.” That says it ALL!
24.2K 9:23 AM - Oct 8, 2019
Have a House vote, then you can have your impeachment inquiry.
Maybe we’ll luck out and Schiff will stroke out
lol
they HATE not having a RINO b.tch in the WH.
Schiff is a bad person...
Love it, Trumpie....do nothing DJT, until Pelosi & Schiff put the Impeachment Inquiry approval to a full House up and down vote. Get the low life, scum & vermin Democrat Party Moderates and Blue Dogs on the record by forcing them to cast a Yes or No vote on Trumps Impeachment activity, like right now......period!!!
Did ya notice that Butt Wipe, Schiff took no questions whatsoever at his morning press conference? Pelosi must have been stoned high on reefer to join up with this weak excuse for a functioning human being like low life, Adam Schiff!!! Go figure....she must have flipped her noggin!!!
The only problem is they have no authority to demand anything.
Have you noticed how the “democrats” have turned the U.S. House of Representatives into an old 50s style game show? Now they want to allow their guy who blows “whistles” to appear on their inquiry show at “an undisclosed” location with a paper bag over his head and his voice electronically disguised on an unknown day with no audience members. I guess they intend to use “canned laughter, cheering and cat calls. Yeah. Okay. I’d like to know who is going to play the guy who blows “whistles”. DeNiro or Carrey. What a joke.
Schiff is a bad person...
Weasel can’t even look straight into the cameras when he spins his lies.
e.g. once again seeking interference with a foreign country into an election.
B.S. Trumps wants to know are we giving away “ our “ money to foreign governments that are crooked. And in the case of Biden et al , our tax dollars go out a aid and come back in the form of laundered graft to someone who is supposed to be representing us.
I haven’t heard it stated that simply on any news show but that’s what it is and Thanks God we have DJT in office to finally call it was it is.....
Corrupt
Thank God we elected a man with the intestinal fortitude of Superman and who grows stronger with these nonstop attacks. I can’t believe we will have to endure this baseless crap and efforts to destroy the Republic from Schiff, Pelosi, et al for another five years.
Incidentally, has anyone seen Hunter Biden or Bill Clinton for that matter....?
Maybe the President should make a blanket statement that until a roll call vote for impeachment is taken with the full House, the White House will not cooperate. Once the vote is taken and the House approves impeachment, the White House will fully cooperate, just as the WH fully cooperated with the Mueller probe.
“Incidentally, has anyone seen Hunter Biden or Bill Clinton for that matter....? “
Howard Kurtz is so sad ...
Or when Tom Holman volunteered to appear about two weeks ago regarding immigration......that was nasty and he was pissed.
The Schiff Stain is one of the worst people ever.
How often did he service his beneficiary ED BUCK?
“ Sondland’s testimony is “very relevant” to Congress’s investigation ”
What investigation? There is no investigation. House hasn’t specified nor approved any investigation.
...our tax dollars go out a aid and come back in the form of laundered graft to someone who is supposed to be representing us.
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If I followed Beck’s chalk talk correctly, Ukraine’s corruptocracy got a total of about $3.5B, plus other guarantees and direct aid from the zer0 administration that *disappeared”. Beck wondered if that was the Iran payoff $$$$$.
Well THANK GOD they didn’t decide to run on issues.
NOT that it would have helped much.
The economy is too good.
But they could have AT LEAST TRIED with issues that don’t just give TRILLIONS away.
With the impeachment mess, they actually give us a chance at the house
Wow. What country was not involved? I saw a review of all of the countries involved, even including Soros who is a country unto himself, and the number is significant.
Makes you wonder how much the globalists outside the US are involved in American’s day to day lives (or want to control us). Worst of all, these countries didn’t want Trump to win the election and were trying to influence election.
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