Senate To Call 'Whistleblower' As Part Of Three-Pronged Investigation Into Impeachment Origins

Senate Republicans are gearing up for a three-pronged investigation into the origins of Congressional Democrats' impeachment of President Trump, according to the Washington Examiner.

"I want to understand how all this crap started," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures, who added that the Senate would begin their investigations "within weeks."

"The Senate Intel Committee under Richard Burr has told us that they will call the whistleblower," said Graham.

Whether it's a legitimate search for the truth or a convenient way to assuage frustrated Republicans who wanted fireworks during the Senate impeachment trial has yet to be seen.

Let's recall what Senate Republicans plan to unravel;

The Whistelblower, outed by investigative reporter Paul Sperry as Eric Ciaramella, is a registered Democrat who worked for then-VP Joe Biden, former CIA Director John Brennan, and was appointed by former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster in June, 2017 as his personal aide according to RedState. Ciaramella, who radio host Rush Limbaugh called "essentially a spy for John Brennan," was also a frequent visitor to the Obama White House.

In November, the Washington Examiner reported: "It is likely that the whistleblower traveled on Air Force Two at least one of the six visits that Biden made to Ukraine."

"If the whistleblower is a former employee of — associate of Joe Biden, I think that would be important. If the whistleblower was working with people on Schiff’s staff that wanted to take Trump down a year-and-a-half ago, I think that would be important. If the Schiff staff people helped write the complaint, that would be important. We’re going to get to the bottom of all of this to make sure this never happens again," said Sen. Graham.

After hearing second-hand about a July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky in which Trump asked for investigations into the Bidens, Ciaramella approached impeachment chieftain Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)'s office (which hired two of Ciaramella's colleagues last year, including Sean Misko, who was hired in August).

Schiff's team directed Ciaramella to "Coup has started" Democratic operative attorney Mark Zaid (who vowed to "get rid of" Trump in July of 2017), who helped the CIA 'whistleblower' file a complaint on a form which had been altered to allow hearsay.

What's more, at least two of Ciaramella's colleagues from the National Security Counsel were hired by Schiff's office last year - including Sean Misko, who was hired in August.

And Schiff continues to deny knowledge of the whistleblower's identity.

Democrats, pointing to the Trump administration placing a hold on US military aid to Ukraine, unbeknownst to Zelensky, argued that President Trump abused his office and obstructed Congress' investigation. During last week's Senate trial, Trump's attorneys argued that his actions fell far short of impeachable offense.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/senate-call-whistleblower-part-three-pronged-investigation-impeachment-origins

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/lindsey-graham-senate-intelligence-committee-will-call-ukraine-whistleblower

One from yesterday, one from today.

>>8011413

wut

>>8011467

Oh you're the anon who hates "newsfag" and goes on and on about it for breads?

Fuck off and go whine about that anon somewhere else. News is news, and the senate INTRODUCING EVIDENCE is a big deal.

>>8011525

There have been some good callers though, but the liberal ones are so ridiculous.

>>8011574

Yes I understand the frustration, I rarely do post news but that article I posted, about Eric Ciaramella, I think was great and hadn't seen it in notables.

>>8011599

Yea, I know.

>>8011660

wtf? the hall monitor is just bitching about newsfag ffs

>>8011321

>>8011711

Because the hall monitor is triggered by ZeroHedge for some reason, here:

Lindsey Graham: Senate Intelligence Committee will call Ukraine whistleblower

The Senate Intelligence Committee plans to call the whistleblower whose complaint was the impetus for impeachment proceedings against President Trump, according to a top Republican senator.

With impeachment headed to a likely acquittal next week, Sen. Lindsey Graham described on Sunday how Republicans in the chamber are gearing up for investigations on three fronts.

"The Senate Intel Committee under Richard Burr has told us that they will call the whistleblower," the South Carolina Republican said on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures.

"I want to understand how all this crap started," he added.

The impeachment effort began to take root with the emergence last year of a whistleblower complaint raising concerns about a July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which the American leader pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate the Bidens and other Democrats. The complaint, which the intelligence community inspector general determined to be urgent and credible, was submitted by a CIA analyst whose identity has never been publicly confirmed.

Republicans have accused House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who is now the lead impeachment manager, of being "complicit" with the whistleblower because the person met with a House Intelligence Committee aide seeking guidance before filing the complaint and because the California Democrat recruited two former National Security Council aides who worked alongside the CIA official some believe to be the whistleblower at the NSC in the Obama and Trump administrations.

"If the whistleblower is a former employee of — associate of Joe Biden, I think that would be important. If the whistleblower was working with people on Schiff’s staff that wanted to take Trump down a year-and-a-half ago, I think that would be important. If the Schiff staff people helped write the complaint, that would be important. We’re going to get to the bottom of all of this to make sure this never happens again," Graham said.

Sen. Richard Burr, who hails from North Carolina, said last year he "absolutely" wanted to hear from the whistleblower, but Republican members of his panel were split on the matter as House impeachment proceedings were underway. When asked for comment, a spokesperson for Burr pointed the Washington Examiner to past statements by the chairman, including him saying the whistleblower had not yet agreed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee and stressing that the panel does everything it can to "protect" whistleblowers and witnesses.

Impeachment proceedings began last fall with Democrats accusing Trump of improperly leveraging a White House meeting and nearly $400 million in security aid to pressure Ukraine into helping investigate his political rivals, including former Vice President Joe Biden, who is running for president this year. As Republican allies of the president called for the whistleblower to come forward, Democrats argued that witness testimony and documents moved the impeachment case beyond the whistleblower. Lawyers for the whistleblower warned that identifying their client would put that person's life in danger.

The House charged Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but the president's legal team argued that the Democrats' case fell far short of proving impeachable offenses. Trump is now headed toward a likely acquittal on Wednesday after the Senate voted to reject a motion for additional witnesses and documents.

Graham, who is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and does not reside on the chamber's Intelligence Committee, also described two other investigations that will be taken up by GOP-led panels in the Senate. He said the Foreign Relations Committee, of which he is also a member, will look into Biden's alleged conflicts of interest, and the judiciary panel will "deal with all things FISA."

"Let me tell Republicans out there. You should expect us to do this. If we don’t do it, we’re letting you down. I guarantee you: if it shoe were on the other foot, Democrats would be eating us alive if Republicans had done any of these things," he said.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/lindsey-graham-senate-intelligence-committee-will-call-ukraine-whistleblower

>>8011832

That truly freed him.

>>8011890

>At least something would be done

OMG LOL, give Bernie, a cultural marxism and communist, money and your vote just so he can cuck to the neoliberal establishment AGAIN and let Biden win.

WHO'S WITH ME?!

>>8011988