3 Oct 2019 6:43 pm
Another attempt to discredit Adam Schiff goes down in flames.
The Trumplican talking point is that the whistleblower spoke to Schiff before he filed the complaint.
Based on no evidence, 45 even accused Schiff of helping him/her write it.
It happens all the time.
According to Senator Burr, this is standard operating procedure.
The Trumplican talking point is that the whistleblower spoke to Schiff before he filed the complaint.
Based on no evidence, 45 even accused Schiff of helping him/her write it.
There was nothing unusual about the whistleblower reaching out to a member of Schiff's staff for advice.The House Intelligence Committee and its chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) got word of a whistleblower complaint concerning President Donald Trump before the intelligence community’s inspector general formally made the committee aware of it, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
After hearing from the whistleblower, and following committee procedure, a committee aide referred the whistleblower to the inspector general and told him to get a lawyer, Schiff’s spokesperson told the Times.
“Like other whistle-blowers have done before and since under Republican and Democratic-controlled committees, the whistle-blower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the jurisdiction of the intelligence community,” the spokesperson, Patrick Boland, told the Times.
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s standard procedure, described in an email to TPM, is identical.
“On a bipartisan basis, the Committee would refer potential whistleblowers to the relevant agency,” a spokesperson for committee Chair Richard Burr (R-NC) wrote.
Whistleblower Reached Out To House Intel Committee Before Intel IG
It happens all the time.
According to Senator Burr, this is standard operating procedure.