he really did.. of course the right will never admit that. funny that they held up the Ukraine funds AND the Whistleblower's initial report, but miraculously the funds were released right after the Whistleblower became public knowledge.
nothing to see though.. big "nothing Burger".
hold the lettuce.
Originally Posted by Chung Tran
"they"? uh No. the initial report was rejected as an urgent concern because the rules stated that only first hand knowledge is considered urgent. and only urgent complaints are sent to Congress. to the very committee Schiff chairs. interesting isn't that? the ICIG then changed the rules to allow a second hand complaint to be considered urgent. the ICIG initially claimed the rules were changed in 2018. then admitted that was not true, they were changed specifically to allow the whistleblower's complaint to be considered urgent.
Schiff via his staff has also admitted they had contact with the whistleblower before his first complaint was filed, which was rejected as urgent. see above. there is nothing miraculous about the funds being released. apparently some funds had already been released and the rest after Trump had spoken to the
incoming Ukraine president. you know .. the incoming president that ran on a anti-corruption platform. there is nothing wrong or illegal about Trump holding up military aid until he spoke with the incoming president to discuss how those funds would be used by the incoming president. notice i keep emphasizing
incoming .. the Democrats "might" have a case if the president had an established record dealing with Trump and the US. Trump as president sets foreign policy not the NSC or Congress. and there is that treaty we have with Ukraine .. about cooperating on criminal matters .. including corruption.
all these inconvenient facts. do try to keep up, yeah?