Reading the transcripts it's pretty clear to me they don't need to put up the whistleblower. Other witnesses cover what he alleged in the report. And we have the rough transcript of Trump's conversation with Zelensky. It's damning and all republicans have is accusations and partisan game playing in an attempt to provide cover for his corruption. I look forward to voters weighing in '20
Respectfully, that's wishful thinking on your part.
NO ONE on the Democrat side can cite one crime Trump has committed, let alone evidence to support the allegation. As was cited by Rep. Jim Jordan and Elise Stefanik, the "whistleblower"/CIA rat was touted over and over by Rep. Adam Schiff and other Democrats a month ago as "vital" testimony, and he would "definitely" testify.
So what changed?
What changed is he is a liberal partisan who crafted his lying "whistleblower" narrative for 3 weeks in the office of Rep. Adam Schiff, and neither Ciaramella or or Schiff's office were forthcoming about that deceit. He is
COMPLETELY discredited as a witness, and that is
EXACTLY why Democrats don't want him to testify now. Because he by testifying can only further destroy the Democrats' lying narrative.
But Adam Schiff alleges now he doesn't know who the "whistleblower" is.
Please. Ciaramella just camped out in Schiff's office for 18 days, while Schiff's staff helped him draft the "whistleblower" report. And Schiff's office hand selected Ciaramella's attorney for him. And Schiff hired two staffers from the White House's National Security Council, who probably also knew in advance and helped courdinate the leak, and are probably sources in his "whistleblower report". But Schiff has no idea who he is. Please.
"Other witnesses" like Marie Yovanovich, George Kent and Bill Taylor clearly have no firsthand knowledge, just 3rd and 4th hand rumors, and clearly don't know their own ass from a hole in the ground.
Not to mention Schiff's one-sided committee rules that clearly try to hide the truth and silence any Republican pursuit of cross-examining the witnesses and unearthing the true facts. Schiff's treatment today of Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and even of chairman Rep. Devin Nunes was just jaw dropping in Schiff's attempts to silence them and prevent disclosure of the true facts.
I'm starting to wonder if Democrat House members facing re-election in districts Trump won will even give Pelosi the votes to pass impeachment
in the Democrat-controlled House, let alone to ever even make it to the Republican-majority Senate for an actual impeachment trial.
