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Ranking Member Devin Nunes Opening
Statement – Impeachment Hearings Day One
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Here’s the opening statement from HPSCI Ranking Member Devin Nunes:
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scumbag-Schiff issues veiled warning to
Republicans against mentioning
whistleblower's name
By Joe Saunders
{ wnd.com } ~ In the shadowy world of scumbag-Adam Schiff, even the threats are veiled. The California Democrat currently disgracing himself and embarrassing his party as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee... circulated an equally embarrassing warning to his Republican colleagues this week, aimed at protecting the worst kept secret in Washington. The name of Eric Ciaramella, the CIA intelligence analyst widely suspected of being the “whistleblower” behind the whole impeachment effort, was not to be mentioned. The warning came in the form of a memo from scumbag-Schiff to the Intelligence Committee members, insinuating scumbag-Schiff could make real trouble with the House Ethics Committee for any representative who even thought about revealing Ciaramella’s name in public. But scumbag-Schiff being scumbag-Schiff, the threat was also couched in language he can always deny. In the memo, scumbag-Schiff described the committee’s history with whistleblowers: “The Committee has a long, proud, and bipartisan history of protecting whistleblowers -- including from efforts to threaten, intimidate, retaliate against, or undermine Eric Ciaramella” during the course of the proceedings. Use of the name would apparently be taken as a willful violation of the rule that members “shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.” “The Committee on Ethics has historically viewed this provision as ‘encompassing violations of law and abuses of one’s official position,’” scumbag-Schiff wrote. As The Daily Caller and Politico described it, scumbag-Schiff was issuing a threat that every congressman could understand: Use the whistleblower’s name and you’ll be facing a House Ethics Committee investigation. “scumbag-Schiff warns GOP that outing Trump whistleblower could violate ethics rules,” Politico headlined its story. “scumbag-Schiff Warns GOP: Name Whistleblower In Public Hearings, And Face Possible Ethics Probe,” The Daily Caller put it, more explicitly...
Something is wrong with scumbag-Schiff every American knows who the whistlebower is, Eric Ciaramella..
The 5 Questions the First Witnesses MUST
Be Asked to Pierce the Veil of
scumbag-Schiff’s Impeachment Sham
by GREGG JARRETT
{ thegreggjarrett.com } ~ Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff has no credible or reliable evidence that President Trump committed an impeachable offense during his telephone conversation... with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, 2019. Despite hysterical accusations by Democrats of extortion or a mysterious “quid pro quo” that is evidenced nowhere in the transcript of the call, the Democratic Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is determined to pursue his baseless inquisition with nothing more than opinion witnesses offering speculation built on multiple hearsay. This is impeachment by rumor and innuendo.The first two witnesses at the public hearing on Wednesday will be William Taylor, the acting ambassador to Ukraine, and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state. Factually, they are not witnesses at all. They heard and repeated the equivalent of gossip from a chattering class of diplomats, then made erroneous assumptions that are belied by the only relevant and reliable evidence –a transcript of the Trump-Zelensky conversation. It is incumbent on Republicans to pose succinct questions that will expose scumbag-Schiff’s charade of witnesses. Cross-examination is often referred to as “the engine of truth.” If done properly, it is the only effective method to test both substance and credibility. While there are many questions that should be posed, here are five that should not be overlooked: Isn’t it true that you have no firsthand or direct knowledge from President Trump that he ever demanded from President Zelensky a promise to investigate loose lips liar-Joe and Hunter Biden in exchange for U.S. military aid?Isn’t it true that your “belief” or “understanding” that aid was linked to a loose lips liar-Biden investigation a so-called “quid pro quo” was based on what other diplomats said or what you surmised? Where in the transcript of the phone conversation between Presidents Trump and Zelensky is there a demand, condition, or pressure for a “quid pro quo” tied to U.S. aid? Isn’t it true that you never spoke to President Trump about U.S. aid to Ukraine nor did he ever direct you to withhold military assistance unless Ukraine agreed to investigate the loose lips liar-Bidens?...
https://thegreggjarrett.com/5-questions-witnesses-pierce-veil-schiffs-impeachment-sham/ .
AP Confirms Horowitz Report “Principal
Review Phase” Underway – “Invitations”
For Witnesses and Lawyers
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ We finally have confirmation of a procedural process that allows us to anticipate the timing for public release of the FISA report from Inspector General Horowitz... The Justice Department’s watchdog is nearing the release of its report on the early stages of the FBI’s Russia investigation, a document likely to revive debate about a politically charged probe that shadowed President Donald Trump’s administration from the outset. The inspector general in recent days has invited witnesses and their lawyers who were interviewed for the report to review portions of a draft this week and next, a critical final step toward making the document public, according to multiple people familiar with the process who insisted on anonymity to discuss it. As part of that process, the people will have opportunities to raise concerns or suggest potential edits, making it unclear precisely when in the coming weeks a final version could be ready for release. Inspector General Michael Horowitz told Congress in a letter last month that he did not expect a lengthy review period and that he intended to make as much of the report public as possible, with minimal redactions. Generally speaking, and using the 2018 IG report on FBI conduct as a guide, the ‘Principal Review’ phase under Horowitz usually lasts 10 business days, or two weeks. All principals, and lawyers who review the report, are required to sign non-disclosure agreements...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/12/finally-ap-confirms-horowitz-report-principal-review-phase-underway-invitations-for-witnesses-and-lawyers/ .
The Silence of The Shams – “Some
Witness Reviews Still Being Negotiated”
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ The Washington Post jumps-in to the Horowitz ‘principal review’ timeline adding that some of the opportunities for witnesses to review the final draft report are “still being negotiated”... likely by the attorney’s for the principals. Take all reporting on this two-week review phase with a grain of salt. Despite the NDA’s there will be a rush to control the narrative. “People familiar with the matter” will start popping up in the Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, Buzzfeed and CNN. There is likely to be a flood of spin from the PR teams behind each principal outlined in the report. Lawyers for scumbag-James Comey and Andrew McCabe will be using every angle of Lawfare imaginable to attempt to shape their clients image within the report. Lawyers, Lawfare legal teams, and DC-based PR consultants for liar-Sally Yates, John Carlin, Mary McCord, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton, James Baker, Michael Kortan, Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller, Andrew Weissmann, Chris Steele, Glen Simpson, Nellie Ohr, Bruce Ohr, scumbag/commie-John Brennan, scumbag-James Clapper and many more will all be working at courtroom rates to control any report damage for their clients. The scumbag/liar-nObama administration will be working in the background, while Fusion-GPS takes in fees and pays their primary journalists and narrative engineers premium rates for column inches that protect their client interests. This is one big confab of interests all positioning to control any negative impressions and highlight their magnanimous patriotic activity. Watch and we will see full deployment of the justification defense and “outrage trap“. After all, according to their predictable defenses, there was evidence, even if slight, that President Trump was a Russian asset belonging to Vladimir Putin…. it had to be taken seriously, etc. Even the Republicans in congress were alarmed. We are going to see the Intelligence Community Assessment deployed as a shield… see, even the entire intelligence community was concerned about Russia; so we had to use the FISA process…. because these were unprecedented times, unprecedented threats, etc. Spying, surveillance, unmasking, electronic monitoring, all of it will be deemed as necessary because the system of our entire governmental apparatus was under attack…
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Hamas Claims It Has ‘Thousands of Missiles,’
Miles of Underground Terror Tunnels
by Adam Kredo
{ freebeacon.com } ~ Top Hamas officials are claiming to have thousands of missiles pointed at Israel and miles of underground tunnels running into the Jewish state... offering these new disclosures amid a wave of renewed violence by the Palestinian terror group. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar threatened to use many of the missiles the group has stockpiled to destroy the city of Tel Aviv in a recent speech broadcast on Hamas-run television and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute. "We now have hundreds of kilometers of underground tunnels," Sinwar was quoted as saying in his Nov. 4 remarks. "We have many hundreds of control-and-command rooms, both underground and above ground." Israel was deluged Monday evening by at least 150 rockets fired from terror outposts. A number of those rockets struck areas populated by Israeli citizens, prompting schools to shutter for the first time since the early 1990s. The major escalation hit after the Israeli Defense Forces assassinated a top Palestinian terror leader. Sinwar claimed in his remarks that the group, which is partially supported by Iran, has the ability to launch surprise attacks on Israel from underground."We have hundreds and thousands of traps, and if the enemy so much as thinks to enter the Gaza Strip, our sons will go out…. You and your brothers will emerge from the belly of the earth…. The earth will spew forth our men and our youth, who will go out to the enemy's tanks from the belly of the earth with anti-tank missiles that were manufactured in the Gaza Strip," MEMRI quoted the Hamas leader as saying. The group's cache of arms has grown substantially over the years, according to Sinwar...
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/hamas-claims-it-has-thousands-of-missiles-miles-of-underground-terror-tunnels/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=a22cf5bd73-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_12_10_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-a22cf5bd73-45611665 .
scumbag/liar-nObama, scumbag/liar-Clinton
Alumni Serve At UN, Continuing Liberal Influence Over International Affairs During Trump Era
by LUKE ROSIAK
{ dailycaller.com } ~ scumbag-Obama-era Democrats are still influencing foreign affairs, now through jobs at the United Nations and at other international organizations... where Americans can help shape international politics in ways at odds with the Trump administration. Before and after the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, scumbag/liar-nObama- and scumbag/liar-Clinton-aligned politicos took the positions, which are not U.S. government jobs but generally are the result of lobbying by U.S. officials. Many are entitled to keep the jobs indefinitely once they are in them. Tensions between the Trump administration and employees in the foreign service and international organizations — including some that serve at the pleasure of the president — have repeatedly come to the fore in recent weeks. When President Donald Trump addressed the U.S. Mission to the United Nations on Sept. 26, “someone laughed loudly,” while others “spoke in hushed murmurs,” The Washington Post reported. The mission consists of U.S. government employees interacting with the U.N., while some Americans also occupy jobs at the U.N. itself. The Americans who work in top jobs at international organizations wield significant influence and ordinarily get the jobs with the backing of the administration, Brett D. Schaefer, a United Nations expert at the Heritage Foundation who serves as a U.N. official after being nominated by Trump, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. But because the slots aren’t federal jobs, they do not appear on the organizational chart of U.S. agencies and amount to some of the government’s more obscure nooks and crannies, he said. Incoming presidents dole out some 4,100 federal jobs listed in the “Plum Book” to political appointees who share the president’s policy views. But inside the State Department, there is also an international version of the Plum Book, listing roles at the many trans-national organizations where U.S. leaders can place their people, Schaefer said. They’re the type that would easily be overlooked by an outsider candidate like Trump, but their existence and importance were well-understood by Democrats inside the State Department, Schaefer said...
https://{/2019/11/11/obama-clinton-alumni-international-affairs-trump/.
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