Big new from today’s New York Times…
Here are my takeaways (with emphasis added):
The Democratic head of the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, learned about the outlines of a C.I.A. officer’s concerns that President Trump had abused his power days before the officer filed a whistle-blower complaint.
The C.I.A. officer approached a House Intelligence Committee aide with his concerns about Mr. Trump.
The House staff member, following the committee’s procedures, suggested the officer find a lawyer to advise him and file a whistle-blower complaint. The aide shared some of what the officer conveyed to Mr. Schiff.
The early account explains how Mr. Schiff knew to press for the complaint when the Trump administration initially blocked lawmakers from seeing it.
The whistle-blower’s decision to offer what amounted to an early warning to the intelligence committee’s Democrats is sure to thrust Mr. Schiff even more forcefully into the center of the controversy.
Note:: Schiff had said publicly (on tape)that neither he nor his staff “have spoken directly to the whistleblower” before the complaint was made public.
Oops.
The entire NYT article is worth reading … especially since it’s from the Trump-adverse New York Times.
Draw your own conclusions.
Ah, the plot thickens.
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October 3, 2019 at 11:13 am |
Papadopolous has drinks with an Australian talking about international news and it’s all hands on deck. The lead cheerleader in removing the president tangentially helps the “whistleblower” before they even blow the whistle and it seems a little “nothing to see here….”
I’m becoming more of a anti-dem every day purely on principle and their ridiculousness.