First, the disclaimer. The story below is fictional and is known as satire. Unfortunately, due to the fact that gossip can now be the foundation of whistleblower complaints, it portrays a near future that is not outside the realm of being reasonably possible. Enjoy the story!
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr knows something about impeachment, as he was a manager in the Senate trial for Bill Clinton, who was impeached by the U.S. House but not convicted in the U.S. Senate.
And he says President Trump is “not impeachable.” Of course, the Democrats and the media are trying to build something out of nothing. They keep repeating the same lies over and over. The other part of their scheme is to cry “obstruction” when the Executive branch exercises their privilege of withholding documents and appearances by staff members at the partisan witchhunt that is going on at Capitol Hill.
Barr goes so far as to say that PDJT deserves our appreciation for doing what he did. Barr has penned a column over at the Daily Caller that is worth a read. The first few paragraphs are below.
The President pushed back against the Democrats’ unconstitutional efforts to subjugate the Executive branch to the Legislative branch of the government. The White House counsel issued a letter exposing the unconstitutional efforts by the Democrats to overturn the results of the 2016 election and to interfere in the 2020 election.
U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland was directed by the State Department not to appear Tuesday for an interview with House committees leading the fraudulent impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The non-appearance follows Chairman Adam Schiff’s manipulative media releases based on Ambassador Kurt Volker testimony.
This video exposes both the corrupt attempts by the Democrats to undo the results of the 2016 election as well as these House members calling out members of the press for their lack of due diligence. It is worth 13 minutes of your time.
On Monday, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Mark Esper and a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought conveying “subpoenas” for key documents as part of the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) blasted House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Sunday. Schiff held closed door meetings for the testimony of ICIG Atkinson and Envoy Volker last week. Then Schiff would not allow transcripts of their testimony to be made public. Why?
It has been reported from other sources, notably Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge, that ICIG Michael Atkinson testified that the so called ‘whistle-blower’ did not inform Atkinson that the whistleblower gossipmonger and his legal team had previously contacted staff working for Adam Schiff before he submitted his complaint.
When questioned on this earlier in the week, Schiff had denied that such contact took place. The Washington Post gave this claim a 4-Pinocchio’s rating. Later he reversed himself claiming that he “had misunderstood” the reporter’s question.
So, again, why are the transcripts being withheld? Ratcliffe said that he would love to tell you about both interviews (Volker and Atkinson). The problem? Schiff won’t allow it. Why? Ratcliffe noted,
It was widely known that in order to submit an ICIG whistleblower report that the information had to be firsthand knowledge. No hearsay or gossip was permitted. It was stated unequivocally that submitting second-hand knowledge would result in the complaint being rejected.
As Sean Davis at The Federalist noted,
“The [Intelligence Community Inspector General] cannot transmit information via the ICPWA based on an employee’s second-hand knowledge of wrongdoing,” the previous form stated under the bolded heading “FIRST-HAND INFORMATION REQUIRED.” “This includes information received from another person, such as when an employee informs you that he/she witnessed some type of wrongdoing.”
“If you think that wrongdoing took place, but can provide nothing more than second-hand or unsubstantiated assertions, [the Intelligence Community Inspector General] will not be able to process the complaint or information for submission as an ICWPA,” the form concluded.
The media is running with the Democratic storyline that the Democrats just want to govern and provide a good country for their fellow Americans. They really do not want to impeach the President but that PDJT has left them little choice. Hogwash!
The Democrats and the media have been colluding to overthrow the Trump administration since before PDJT was inaugurated. As PDJT said on Tuesdsay, this is nothing short of an attempted coup.
“Whistleblower” is the media’s word of the week. The MSM are still working tirelessly to overturn the 2016 election.
What is a whistleblower? There are many definitions for whistleblower, some legal and others not so. However, a generally accepted definition is that a whistleblower is a person who comes forward and shares his/her direct knowledge of wrongdoing that he/she believes is happening in an organization or government. A whistleblower could be an employee, contractor, or a supplier who directly becomes aware of illegal activities.
Recently we have heard a lot about the term whistleblower because of desperate activities by the Democrats in our nation’s capital. They are afraid that a lot of their malfeasance is going to be exposed in the near future. And, most likely, it will be. To create a smokescreen, they manufactured a “whistleblower” complaint against the President.
To do this they first changed the rules for filing a whistleblower complaint within the Intelligence community. The IGIC (Inspector General of the Intelligence Community) “decided” to allow secondhand complaints. That is, the whistleblower did not have to have direct knowledge of the supposed illicit activity. Two days after this change, the current complaint roiling Washington was filed. Coincidence?
CBS Reporter Scott Pelley led the CBS broadcast of the House impeachment “inquiry” of PDJT with a stunning claim:
“Tonight, “60 Minutes” has obtained a letter that indicates the government whistleblower who set off the impeachment inquiry of President Trump is under federal protection, because he or she fears for their safety.”
This is quite a claim. Obviously it conjures up the image of the witness protection program and Mafia-style evildoers stalking this person with intent to do bodily harm and more. The only problem? It wasn’t true. Apparently Pelley “misconstrued” the contents of a letter sent by the “whistleblower’s” attorney.