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[ksquared]

Nothing but good news I see. Morning, Bull.
That's interesting and not at all surprising.
We'd be in much better shape if the news media as a whole reported what's going on instead of trying to make it happen.

Bike ride this a.m.?
Or did the hoped for call come in?

[ksquared]

Found this: Rep. Adam Schiff Likely Knew About Whistleblower Complaint In August
OAN Newsroom UPDATED 11:20 AM PT – Sat. Sept. 28, 2019

Democrat Representative Adam Schiff is under public scrutiny, as he continues to be a driving force in the House’s impeachment inquiry.

New evidence comes to light, suggesting Schiff knew about the whistleblower complaint in August, a month before the House launched a formal impeachment inquiry.

Reports Friday recirculated the tweet, which alleged the president withheld “vital military aid to Ukraine, while his personal lawyer sought help from the Ukraine government to investigate his political opponent.”

The complaint was handed to Congress just this week, accusing the president of using his political power to harm former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential election campaign.

Some have speculate Schiff and other Democrats have been working with the whistleblower, as a new version of the form is said to have been revised last month.

This, as reports indicate the Intelligence Community secretly did away with requirements for whistleblower complaints, to have direct first-hand knowledge of their claim, in order to have their concerns expedited to Congress.

The anonymous whistleblower has confirmed he had no direct knowledge of the claim.

https://www.oann.com/rep-adam-schiff-likely-knew-about-whistleblower-complaint-in-august/

[SkeBallLarry]

" Good Morning, Bull Dolphin .. Big day planned " .. ?

Apologize if you've already answered that ..

[pos_stock_hoarder]

GM, Bull. Looks like the swamp waters are churning. On the front of my daily rag...er....newspaper it says Schitt will produce the whistleblower.

As today's Stilton says, it's only going to get worse in the months ahead. Cornered rats are nasty. Now if onlyt he R's would grow a collective pair!

[ksquared]

Adam Schiff knew about whistleblower’s complaint before it was filed: report
By Mark Moore and Nikki Schwab October 2, 2019 | 3:37pm | Updated

Rep. Adam Schiff, the head of the House Intelligence Committee, got a heads up on a whistleblower’s allegations about President Trump’s phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart days before a complaint was filed, according to a report Wednesday.

Trump, asked about the development from the New York Times during a White House press conference, said it was a “scandal” and suggested that Schiff wrote the complaint himself.

“I think this is a scandal, and I think he wrote it,” Trump told reporters.

The whistleblower, identified as a CIA officer, first had a colleague contact the agency’s top lawyer, with his worries about the July 25 phone call, the Times reported.

In the call, Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to probe the son of political rival Joe Biden — a move that has been alleged to be a quid pro quo to keep hundreds of millions of dollars in US military aid flowing to Ukraine.

Concerned with how his claims were being handled in the CIA, the whistleblower — who did not personally witness the phone, but learned of it secondhand — approached an aide to Schiff.

In both cases, the initial accusations were vague, the newspaper said.

The House aide, following the panel’s procedures, then suggested the whistleblower find a lawyer to advise him on how to file a complaint.

The aide shared some of what the whistleblower knew to Schiff but did not identify him.

“Like other whistle-blowers have done before and since under Republican and Democratic-controlled committees, the whistle-blower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the intelligence community,” said Patrick Boland, a spokesman for Schiff.

In his comments, Trump gave the Times — a frequent target of his “fake news” barbs — credit for publishing the story.

“Walking up here, it was handed to me, and I said … that is a big thing. And he helped to write it, too. It is a scam.”

https://nypost.com/2019/10/02/adam-schiff-knew-about-whistleblowers-complaint-before-it-was-filed-report/