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 whistleblower’s 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 don’t need the whistleblower who wasn’t 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 whistleblower’s identity to do that, and we’re 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 office’s 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 office’s 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 there’s more than one whistleblower, that they are protected,” Schiff said.
House Democrats have given indications that they were shifting away from pushing for the whistleblower’s testimony.
House Democrats were considering disguising the whistleblower during any potential interview in order to prevent Republicans from leaking the whistleblower’s 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.
Whistleleaker
Gee, I didn’t see this coming. </s>
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under no circumstance can the Dems allow the Whistleleaker to be interrogated under oath by the Pubs, as the Whistleleaker will either have to commit perjury a very large number of times or fess up to the details of the conspiracy they’re involved in under oath ...
You nailed it. They can only hope to hurt Trump’s numbers. But it won’t work’
The average Dem must be wondering what they’re doing and why nothing is happening. It is looking bad for the bastards.
“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”.
True. But the BS is certainly not going to go to the senate for trial, either.
It is going to fizzle out and backfire on the bastards.
Most of the repubs HAVE NO SPINE to find. Geldings...quislings...castratos.
We don’t need no stinkin’ witnesses.
+100. This whole thing is a farce and all sane people in power are lining up to quash this. Schiff has big problems headed his way.
Yes.
An impeachment will only be delivered to the Senate if the Democrats have managed to line up guaranteed votes for conviction. Such proceedings would be merely a show trial and "due process" would be non-existent. The Democrats would be making the "rules" to insure the desired outcome.
They don't have those votes yet or they would have already started the proceedings.
What they are doing now is rallying their Leftist base and attempting to confuse the "independent" voters so they will tolerate the coup. Behind-the scenes they are making offers to Republican Senators who want to keep riding the gravy train. But if those Republicans have any sense, they must known they would be ending their political careers in exchange for promises which will never be delivered.
That last is a dicey expectation of course. Some Republicans really are stupid enough to fall for empty promises. Things could go either way.
Right on!!!
We have the transcript of the actual conversation so why do we need to hear from
Eric Ciaramella other than to have U.S. Marshals to look at all his emails, phone records, who he has been working with. Too late to hide what is in plain site Schiff.
look at what they are saying about this so called whistle blower..that he’s getting death threats..how can he get death threats if nobody knows who he is??...now they are saying his testimony is not needed...then they call in this ambassador last week...that was no where around when the big “call” was made. They are trying like hell to hatch a sinister story...and they are STUCK!!!...Trump releasing that transcript blew their lil play book up!!
BINGO! They’re in a bad spot and it’s going to get worse for them.
“Trump releasing that transcript blew their lil play book up”!!
Yes, Trump put them on the defensive by releasing the transcript and games and wars are not won by being on defense.
Good point. That’s another reason that this is going to fizzle out and not even get to the Senate, IMO.
the President should do just what he did last week...do 2 rallies a week...and just mock the hell out of the whole thing..in districts that the phony rats flipped in November..watch em all meltdown
It’s kind of hard to interview a person who does not exist.
Is the whistle blower Eric Ciaramella? Smart money says “yes”.
Schiff has an affinity for things that “blow” including his mind.
hey Adam: As the old saying goes, “Produce (Schiff) or get off the pot”.
Here little whistleblower. The Senate has a nice subpoena for your cowardly ass.
Eric Ciaramella is the supposed WeaselSucker. If here were to be questioned he would HAVE TO take the 5th. They are starting to realize they were watched and everything they have been doing has been documented. It is almost as if Trump set them up.... Almost as if someone said Trump made a crazy phone call to set a trap... The thing is Trump doesn’t do stuff half assed like the DS doofuses do. With every move they make the punji sticks are digging in deeper. They realize if they put EC up it is over for them but their squirming out of that just sets those sticks deeper...
Several people have posted they don’t believe there is a whistle blower- at all...that the whole thing is made up.
I thought that was a wild idea. I don’t think it is far fetched any more.
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