The alleged Ukraine whistleblower denies discussing anything of “substance” with Adam Schiff’s staff.
But he didn’t deny talking to them.
The Washington Examiner reports:
The alleged Ukraine whistleblower did not disclose on his complaint form that he had met with a congressional committee despite contacting a House Intelligence Committee aide on Adam Schiff’s staff before filing the complaint because nothing of “substance” was discussed.
So let’s get this straight. He hid his back-channel dealing with Schiff because he has nothing to hide.
Sure. And let’s not forget that Adam Schiff lied about this too.
The Examiner again:
According to the memo. the whistleblower believed that “based on getting guidance on a procedural question, and that no substance of the actual disclosure was discussed, COMPLAINANT did not feel, based on the way the form question was worded, that it was necessary to check that box.” The whistleblower left the box blank, though it was required for him to provide who else knew about the complaint, on the whistleblower disclosure form.
On Sep. 19, Schiff denied to reporters he knew anything about the whistleblower report. But Republicans were already suspicious this was not the case, the Washington Examiner reported at the time.
By Oct. 2, the New York Times reported Schiff’s spokesman Patrick Boland claimed that the California congressman “learned about the outlines” of the whistleblower’s complaint prior to the whistleblower submitting it to the ICIG and other officials.
On Oct. 13, Schiff said that he should have “been much more clear” about the contact his committee had with the whistleblower. “I was referring to the fact that when the whistleblower filed the complaint, we had not heard from the whistleblower,” he said. “We wanted to bring the whistleblower in at that time, but I should have been much more clear about that.”
The facts are simple. Both Schiff and the whistleblower denied contact, and then admitted to it under duress. Now they’re claimed that the contact was only minor and incidental.
If you believe that, I have some oceanfront property in Kiev to sell you.
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