What is Schiff hiding?

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Rep. John Ratcliffe’s full questioning of GOP counsel | Trump impeachment hearings

Dec 9, 2019 – PBS News Hour

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Most all the testimonies have been released by Adam Schiff. However, there is one glaring testimony omission – that of Intelligence Inspector Atkinson.

In the video above, Ratcliffe began:

…On pages 53-73, the Inspector General’s testimony confirms the following: That the whistleblower made statements to the Inspector General under the penalty of perjury that were not true and correct. That the whistleblower first made statements in writing under the penalty of perjury that were not true and correct. The whistleblower then made statements under the penalty of perjury that were not true and correct in his or her verbal responses to the Inspector General’s investigative team. Because of the whistleblower’s statements in writing and verbally, that were neither true, correct or accurate, pages 53 to 73 of that testimony reveal that the IG was not able to answer any questions. None, from me, about the whistleblower’s contact or communication with Mr. Schiff’s staff of which Mr. Goldman is a member.

Then Ratcliffe addressed Democratic counsel Stephen Goldman.

After the IG testified on October 4th and after media reports revealed that the whistleblower and Mr. Schiff did not disclose their prior contacts or communications with each other, the whistleblower contacted the IG to explain why he or she made statements under penalty of perjury in writing or verbally that were true, correct and accurate…

He establishes that none of the changes made by the whistleblower due to inconsistencies about his prior contact with Schiff were included in the report.

On October 2, Patrick Boland, Mr. Schiff’s spokesman, acknowledged publicly that the outlines of the whistleblower’s accusations against the President had been disclosed to the House Intelligence staff and shared with Chairman Schiff.

Here it is the last days of 2019 and still that testimony has not been released. Why?

Is his testimony under oath so damaging to Trump that Schiff wants to keep the information secret until the Senate Democrats bring it forward?

Is it so damning to the articles of impeachment that Schiff wants to bury it forever?

Or, is it covered under sealed documents pertaining to an active court case with Michael Flint?

It was Atkinson’s actions that triggered the entire fake impeachment inquiry. The American people need to hear what he had to say. Yet Schiff has secreted away his testimony and all relevant information?

It came out that Atkinson changed internal IG policy requiring firsthand information to allow the complaint to qualify for the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act. He then recommended the complaint be referred to Congress, although acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire disagreed, and the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel determined the complaint didn’t involve an “urgent concern.”

Investigative journalist Paul Sperry asked about this in a tweet on November 29th and Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) replied.

On December 3rd, Judicial Watch filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ for communications records of Michael K. Atkinson – former Assistant Attorney General in DOJ’s National Security Division (NSD) from 2016 to 2018 and currently Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (ICIG) since May 2018 – regarding Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Anthony Weiner, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment and/or presidential impeachment; and for all emails and text messages with Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) and members of Schiff’s staff.

“Mr. Atkinson has been a key Deep State official involved with questionable and abusive investigations of President Trump,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “As Adam Schiff keeps Atkinson’s testimony on the impeachment attack on President Trump secret, Judicial Watch goes to court for transparency under the law.”

According to what Judicial Watch has ascertained, Atkinson’s tenure at NSD, senior legal counsel for NSD head John Carlin (Robert Mueller’s former chief of staff when Mueller directed the FBI) and later to acting NSD head Mary McCord places him in a possibly pivotal position.

It was McCord who accompanied Sally Yates, then acting Attorney General, to see White House Counsel Don McGahn regarding Michael Flynn. In addition, they noted during his days as legal counsel that the FISA court found there was “significant non-compliance with the NSA’s minimization procedures involving queries of data,” otherwise known as spying. They hope suing for Atkinson’s information will help clarify some of that.

They also noted that;

Atkinson changed the standing practice of requiring whistleblowers to present firsthand information.

It was during Atkinson’s time as inspector that DNI refused to forward the complaint. In testimony before Congress, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, said the complaint was essentially “hearsay” and not “corroborated by other folks.”

After the existence of the whistleblower was leaked to the press, Atkinson told Congress he was unaware the whistleblower had first gone around him to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and his staff with his complaint before submitting it to the IG’s office.

Republican Devin Nunes (R-CA) said of him:

[The ICIG is] either totally incompetent or part of the deep state, and he’s got a lot of questions he needs to answer because he knowingly changed the form and the requirements in order to make sure that this whistleblower complaint got out publicly. So, he’s either incompetent or in on it … he’s either a quack or he’s lying … and he’s going to have more to answer for, I can promise you, because we are not going to let him go; he is going to tell the truth about what happened.

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In a weekly update by Judicial Watch on December 27th, they vowed to continue to push for answers and for information to share with the public.

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I hope that Judicial Watch can get a judge to force the public release of that information as soon as possible. For some reason, shifty Schiffer is withholding it. Knowing why may be critical to establishing the truth behind this sham impeachment. And hopefully, to turning the tables and impeaching Democrats like Pelosi, Schiff, and Nadler.

–Uriel–

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