{"id":130002,"date":"2019-10-14T08:53:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T12:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=130002"},"modified":"2019-10-14T08:53:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T12:53:46","slug":"watch-shifty-schiff-weasel-out-of-presenting-the-fake-whistleblower-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=130002","title":{"rendered":"Watch <i>Shifty Schiff<\/i> Weasel Out of Presenting the Fake &#8216;Whistleblower&#8217; (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Schiff&#8217;s CIA &#8216;Whistleblower&#8217; May Not Testify In Impeachment Probe After All<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>A CIA &#8216;whistleblower&#8217; who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/cia-whistleblower-said-have-worked-biden-when-he-was-vp\">worked with<\/a>\u00a0former VP Joe Biden as well as two\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/adam-schiffs-staff-includes-2-aides-who-worked-with-whistleblower-at-white-house\">Adam Schiff (D-CA) aides<\/a>\u00a0<b>has apparently gotten cold feet<\/b>, and may not testify in front of the House Intelligence Committee\u00a0<em>in person or in writing<\/em>, according to Schiff. This is\u00a0in stark contrast to what Schiff&#8217;s late\u00a0September claim that the man\u00a0at the center of an impeachment inquiry against\u00a0President Trump\u00a0would testify in the House &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/whistleblower-is-expected-to-testify-soon-house-intelligence-committee-chairman-says-11569768797?mod=article_inline\">very soon<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/schiff%20head%20down.jpg?itok=zkqJd1nl\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/schiff%20head%20down.jpg?itok=zkqJd1nl\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20head%20down.jpg?itok=13hWDQIj 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20head%20down.jpg?itok=13hWDQIj 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20head%20down.jpg?itok=13hWDQIj 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20head%20down.jpg?itok=13hWDQIj 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20head%20down.jpg?itok=13hWDQIj 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20head%20down.jpg?itok=zkqJd1nl 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/schiff%20head%20down.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"58c7ab45-0096-4a8d-8c54-a07a8dcba863\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That was downgraded last week to testimony &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ukraine-whistleblower-may-not-testify-in-person-11570738009\">in writing<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And finally, on Sunday, Schiff told\u00a0<em>CBS&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; that the whistleblower&#8217;s testimony might not be needed after all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, we were interested in having the whistleblower come forward,&#8221; Schiff said, to which host Margaret Brennan asked\u00a0<b>&#8220;but not anymore?&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<aside id=\"my_spring1\"><\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Well, our primary interest right now is making sure that that person is protected &#8230; given that we already have the call records we dodn&#8217;t need the whistleblower, who wasn&#8217;t on the call.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chairman Schiff on CBS Face the Nation: Trump\u2019s Capitulation in Syria is an \u2018Unmitigated Disaster\u2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dDETXRDxM2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Adam Schiff, House Intel chair, hints that his panel may not interview the whistleblower over concerns about protecting their identity. <\/p>\n<p>Schiff says on Face the Nation that they already have the transcript of call b\/t Trump and Ukraine, which is center of w\/b complaint<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Heather Caygle (@heatherscope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heatherscope\/status\/1183396048666013696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>House Democrats launched their impeachment inquiry into President Trump after the whistleblower claimed Trump was abusing his office and &#8216;pressuring&#8217; the new president of Ukraine, Volodomyr Zelensky, to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter for alleged corruption.<\/p>\n<p>After the White House released a transcript of the call, however, it was clear that no pressure was applied. Zelensky, meanwhile, has said on multiple occasions that there was\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/ukrainian-government-will-happily-investigate-2016-us-election-interference-zelensky\">no pressure\u00a0or &#8216;blackmail&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0involved in the request,\u00a0<\/strong>and that Ukraine would &#8220;happily investigate&#8221; the Bidens.<\/p>\n<p>Further crumbling the Democrat credibility is the fact that\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/flat-out-false-wapo-calls-out-adam-schiff-lying-about-whistleblower\">Schiff lied<\/a>\u00a0when he said that his panel had &#8220;not spoken directly with the whistleblower,&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0a claim which earned him\u00a0<strong>four pinocchios<\/strong>\u00a0from the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/10\/04\/schiffs-false-claim-his-committee-had-not-spoken-whistleblower\/\">Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>for his &#8220;flat-out false&#8221; statement when it was later revealed that\u00a0<strong>the whistleblower approached Schiff&#8217;s panel &#8211; which then directed him to a Democrat attorney.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Schiff on &#8216;Morning Joe&#8217; clearly made a statement that was false<\/strong>,&#8221; said the fact-checker. &#8220;He now says he\u2019s was answering the wrong question, but if that was the case, he should have quickly corrected the record.\u00a0<strong>He compounded his falsehood by telling reporters a few days later that if not for the [inspector general&#8217;s] office, the committee would not have known about the complaint. That again suggested there had been no prior communication.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/schiff%20pin%20%281%29.jpg?itok=lZQ-ws5w\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/schiff%20pin%20%281%29.jpg?itok=lZQ-ws5w\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20pin%20%281%29.jpg?itok=90z8yDga 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20pin%20%281%29.jpg?itok=90z8yDga 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20pin%20%281%29.jpg?itok=90z8yDga 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20pin%20%281%29.jpg?itok=90z8yDga 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20pin%20%281%29.jpg?itok=90z8yDga 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/schiff%20pin%20%281%29.jpg?itok=lZQ-ws5w 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/schiff%20pin%20%281%29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"df09beea-dd83-4255-860d-507ac3f12ebc\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A House Intel Committee spokesperson told\u00a0<em>The Post<\/em>\u00a0that Schiff&#8217;s reply &#8220;should have been more carefully phrased.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So here we are &#8211; with\u00a0Schiff and House Democrats are continuing forward with\u00a0their impeachment inquiry as if Trump hadn&#8217;t released the transcript, and their accuser&#8217;s credibility wasn&#8217;t eroding by the day.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1183485146818891777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1183485146818891777&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fschiffs-cia-whistleblower-gets-cold-feet-may-not-testify-impeachment-probe<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/schiffs-cia-whistleblower-gets-cold-feet-may-not-testify-impeachment-probe\">Schiff&#8217;s CIA &#8216;Whistleblower&#8217; May Not Testify In Impeachment Probe After All | Zero Hedge<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1183485146818891777\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"2\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schiff&#8217;s CIA &#8216;Whistleblower&#8217; 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