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Schiff: Whistleblower testimony might not be necessary
The Hill ^ | October 13, 2019 | Chris Mills Rodrigo

Posted on 10/13/2019 3:59:28 PM PDT by jazusamo

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that testimony from the intelligence community whistleblower at the center of the House impeachment inquiry against President Trump may no longer be necessary.

“Given that we already have the call record, we don't need the whistleblower who wasn't on the call to tell us what took place during the call,” he told Margaret Brennan during an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation."

“Before the president started threatening the whistleblower... we were interested in having the whistleblower come forward. Our primary interest right now is making sure that that person is protected."

~snip~

The whistleblower wrote a complaint about a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which Trump pressed his counterpart to open an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

The complaint was released to the public last month shortly after House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry based on information about the call that had been made public.

The White House also previously released a readout of the call which confirmed much of the substance of the whistleblower's complaint.

Trump has accused the whistleblower of being biased against him and not having trustworthy information about the call, despite releasing the transcript.

The lawyers representing the whistleblower have expressed concern for their client's safety given Trump's comments.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adamschiff; democrats; ericcaramella; houseintelcom; schiff; schiffyism; truthvsfacts; whistlblower; whistleblower; witchhunt
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To: jazusamo
I think I've seen this movie.


21 posted on 10/13/2019 4:09:27 PM PDT by billorites (=+)
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To: dp0622

What makes you think they are going to allow us
to elect him again?
They made that mistake once, they won’t let that
happen a second time.

The left is driving this country to rebellion.
This is nothing more or less than the take over
of our political system.


22 posted on 10/13/2019 4:09:28 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: jazusamo

In other words, the whistleblower doesn’t exist.


23 posted on 10/13/2019 4:10:00 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: jazusamo

“Oops, we never thought Trump would release the actual transcript of the call...so...never mind.”


24 posted on 10/13/2019 4:12:42 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: jazusamo

Someone told me Schiff hasn’t paid taxes in 10 years wonder if that’s true.


25 posted on 10/13/2019 4:14:11 PM PDT by DCmarcher-976453
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To: jazusamo

Boy he sure does.

The guy has no credibility left! None!


26 posted on 10/13/2019 4:15:27 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: jazusamo

“Given that we already have the call record, we don’t need the whistleblower who wasn’t on the call to tell us what took place during the call,”

IOW there is no whistleblower.

It’s all a hoax. Every damn bit of this is a hoax. The democrats in the house had their cronies change the whistleblower rules to allow hearsay, then all of a sudden a whistleblower complaint by someone who wasn’t even privy to what was actually said on the call.


27 posted on 10/13/2019 4:15:50 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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To: billorites

I would like it if the ending were repeated.


28 posted on 10/13/2019 4:16:51 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptors)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Yeah, they remember what happened to the Christine Blasey Faker.


29 posted on 10/13/2019 4:17:55 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: jazusamo

That Schiff has stepped on his dick so many times he has named it Matt.


30 posted on 10/13/2019 4:20:38 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: jazusamo

Because the whistleblower isn’t a whistleblower


31 posted on 10/13/2019 4:21:19 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's a highway to hell.)
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To: jazusamo

There is no whistle blower...


32 posted on 10/13/2019 4:23:28 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: jazusamo

We should demand something from the whistleblower so we really know there was one and Adam Schiff was not lying.


33 posted on 10/13/2019 4:23:34 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: jazusamo

Well, no, adam shifty, you little pile of ordure, we have the transcript now, containing exact knowledge, so second and third hand is not necessary.


34 posted on 10/13/2019 4:25:11 PM PDT by odawg
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To: dinodino
“In other words, the whistleblower doesn’t exist.”

That’s rapidly becoming my take. The whole thing was ginned up by Shiff’s office.

35 posted on 10/13/2019 4:25:59 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: jazusamo

Our primary interest right now is making sure that that person is protected.”


Because people who cross PDJT seem to end up dead in mysterious ways—single-car accidents, suicides in secure areas, robberies “gone wrong”. The list just goes on and on.


36 posted on 10/13/2019 4:30:23 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: jazusamo

A couple of days ago Trump mentioned that he was thinking about suing Schiff. Maybe that had something to do with this change of heart.


37 posted on 10/13/2019 4:30:31 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: jazusamo

Really, is any testimony necessary? Orange Man Bad = automatic impeachment. What more do they need?


38 posted on 10/13/2019 4:32:49 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: ryderann

Yep, no “maybe” about it in my view.


39 posted on 10/13/2019 4:34:28 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: tet68

Yeah and it’s been really successful :)

About as successful as the impeachment of Bill.

Bill was GUILTY but still everyone knew he wasnt gonna get kicked out and it cost us house seats.

Don’t head to battle until it plays out.

And give Trump some credit for goodness’ sake


40 posted on 10/13/2019 4:37:05 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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