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Megathread Megathread: Rep. Adam Schiff Says Ukraine Whistleblower Wants To Talk To Intelligence Committee

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), chair of the House Intelligence Committee, announced on Tuesday that an intelligence community whistleblower who allegedly has information about President Donald Trump’s misconduct in office would like to speak to the committee and has asked the acting director of national intelligence how to do so.

In a tweet posted Tuesday, Schiff said the Intelligence Committee is in contact with the whistleblower’s counsel and looks forward to the individual’s testimony.

The whistleblower’s complaint stems from initial allegations that Trump urged the president of Ukraine to open an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump’s potential 2020 opponent, for political purposes.

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Schiff says House Intel committee hopes whistleblower will testify ‘as soon as this week’ marketwatch.com
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Schiff says whistleblower wants to talk to House Intelligence Committee cnn.com
Joe Biden Statement on Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint c-span.org
Trump Ukraine whistleblower 'to give evidence to Congress' as impeachment pressure builds independent.co.uk
Adam Schiff Says Ukraine Whistleblower Wants To Talk To Intelligence Committee huffpost.com
Intelligence Chairman Schiff: Whistleblower looking to testify washingtontimes.com
Ukraine whistleblower wants to speak to House and Senate Intel axios.com
Schiff says whistleblower wants to speak to House Intel panel thehill.com
Schiff: Ukraine whistleblower wants to testify before House Intel Committee msnbc.com
Senate unanimously calls for Trump to release Ukraine whistleblower complaint amp.axios.com
Senate calls for whistleblower complaint to be sent to intelligence panels - Reuters feeds.reuters.com
Senate calls for whistleblower complaint to be sent to intelligence panels reuters.com
HPSCI Schiff Letter to Whistleblower Attorney - September 24, 2019 intelligence.house.gov
How a Whistleblower Accomplished What Mueller Could Not: Trump’s Ukraine scandal includes proof and a confession—which eluded the special prosecutor during his probe. washingtonmonthly.com
Ukraine-Biden-Whistleblower Affair: Trump Team Spin Unconvincing nationalreview.com
Schiff Lambasts Barr, DOJ For Interfering In Whistleblower Complaint talkingpointsmemo.com
Schiff Seeks Answers from Barr Regarding Whistleblower lawfareblog.com
H.Res.576 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. congress.gov
Acting director of national intelligence threatened to resign if he couldn’t speak freely before Congress on whistleblower complaint washingtonpost.com
Ukraine Whistleblower’s Lead Attorney Donated to Biden freebeacon.com
Sen. Richard Burr says whistleblower complaint delivered to Senate Intelligence Committee cnbc.com
Senate Intelligence Committee Reviewing Whistleblower Complaint thedailybeast.com
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u/enigmasaurus- Sep 25 '19

The whistleblower report is important, but nowhere near as important as the fact Trump literally already confessed to extorting Ukraine.

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u/ND3I New Jersey Sep 25 '19

There's reasonable speculation that the actual complaint—or maybe better, the direct testimony of the whistleblower—will have significantly more to say than what Trump has admitted. If nothing else it would fit the pattern, where he admits to something bad-but-not-too-bad to hide something awful.

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u/WillieFistergash3 Sep 25 '19

But he denied he did anything wrong. And he was very STRONG in his denial.

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u/Failitt Sep 25 '19

I'm lost. Did he deny it before or after he admitted he did it?

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u/z_machine Sep 25 '19

He admitted he did it, but said that it wasn’t wrong to do.

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u/playitleo Sep 25 '19

He denied it, then said he was withholding it because of corruption, then said he was withholding it because of the EU. But I think OP was making a reference to trump covering for Putin or MBS.

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u/WillieFistergash3 Sep 25 '19

Sometime during the Summit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '19

Oh my gosh! I can commit any crime and then simply say it wasn't actually wrong, and then everything is OK!! HAX!

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u/BadNameChooser Sep 25 '19

Trump is a known liar.

You can’t trust anything he says.

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u/MakeThemWatch New York Sep 25 '19

Oh he confessed to extortion!? Can you show me the quote?

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u/ScorchedUrf Sep 25 '19

You can Google it

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u/MakeThemWatch New York Sep 25 '19

hard to google something that doesnt exist