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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrom Nutball Land, Rep. Collins: "Schiff will be GOP's 'first and foremost witness' for impeachment.
Treasonous Bastards repeating Russian/Putin/GRU talking points.
"Schiffs own interactions with Ukraine."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/collins-schiff-will-be-gops-first-and-foremost-witness-for-impeachment-hearing
House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., is gearing up for his committees role in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, and the first witness he plans on calling is the man who led the first phase in the process, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
Schiff is in the middle of preparing a report on his committees findings after conducting closed-door interviews and public hearings featuring a number of current and former Trump administration officials connected to the administrations policies and relationship with Ukraine. Republicans have questioned Schiff's credibility due to contact that an anonymous whistleblower had with his staff before filing a complaint which led to the impeachment inquiry, and now they want to question him before the Judiciary Committee.
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My first and foremost witness is Adam Schiff, Collins told Fox News Sunday. He claimed that if Schiff does not make himself available for questioning, it will reflect poorly on his credibility and the work he has done so far.
If he chooses not to, then I really question his veracity and what hes putting in his report. I question the motive of why hes doing it, Collins said. Collins specifically said he wants Schiff to discuss what he and his staff knew about the whistleblowers complaint, and Schiffs own interactions with Ukraine.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)EDIT: The threat of calling Nunes might be sufficient to deter the GOP from calling Schiff, since Nunes has so much to hide and would almost certainly end up committing perjury.
OnDoutside
(19,948 posts)RainCaster
(10,842 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)examine him.
Sanity Claws
(21,841 posts)That would a clear conflict of interest. I think they are trying to disqualify Schiff because he is so effective.
If they have evidence that Schiff is involved, then they should produce that evidence. However there is none.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Well said.
Botany
(70,449 posts)... the Ukraine. Facts and truth don't matter "they" are just throwing as much stuff as they
can against the wall and trying to get something to stick.
BTW out here in the mid west the term "Whistleblower" is gaining traction. On a local sports
radio station I heard a college educated former OSU/NFL play use that term as in getting to the
bottom of some kind of problem. Something like, "We need to find a whistleblower to figure out
what really happened."
Sanity Claws
(21,841 posts)but they have to produce something tangible, like documents or other witnesses under oath implicating Schiff, are required before they try to disqualify Schiff.
Captain Zero
(6,788 posts)GYM rats will be scurrying.
Cartaphelius
(868 posts)the whistle blower.......
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Is that it's the 'hacked DNC Server' that's in Ukraine, not Hillary's email server.
Ya know, cause one of the 3 founders of Crowdstrike, a US citizen and Billionaire, not to mention a world-renowned cyber-security expert ... was born in Russia, which is near Ukraine. The other two are US born ttbomk ... one of them for sure is, I looked it up. And that dude is the CEO.
And of course Crowdstrike (a world-renowned firm who does this sort of work for the RN FUCKING C, along with many Fortune 500 companies) examined the DNC servers for hacking first, before the FBI.
Ergo, the Server MUST be in Ukraine right now, and there's a big Deep State conspiracy to hide the thing from the FBI.
Even though the FBI has already said more than once that they already got everything they asked for (image of hard drives which contain all pertinent data) and don't even WANT THE PHYSICAL FUCKING SERVER to begin with because the hardware contains no useful data.
Turbineguy
(37,296 posts)Although I suppose that Nunes and Jordan are always ready to make fools of themselves.
Mr. Collins is not very bright, and he obviously doesn't understand who he's talking about here. I kind of hope they do call Chairman Schiff, as he'll expose them as the corrupt, lying morons that they are to everyone who watches. Y'all want to look like the fools you are? Please proceed.
Cartaphelius
(868 posts)he looks like a member of The Nazi Party of Trump.
Dr. Mengele perhaps, as he, Collins, murders the truth just
as surely as Mengele did with "immigrants" in the 40's...
Zorro
(15,724 posts)and how it proves the impeachment process is a total fraud and a waste of time.
Bet on it.
Botany
(70,449 posts)Schiff, I'll give you 2 hours so go ahead and ask me anything. And then watch 'em scurry.
magicarpet
(14,124 posts)....this phase of the House Impeachment should be a barf bag circus.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)CatWoman
(79,293 posts)Johonny
(20,820 posts)Word is Mitch wants a fast trial, fast vote. Not a circus.
IcyPeas
(21,842 posts)gibraltar72
(7,499 posts)of a member of the intelligence committee I can't speak at this time.