I think I've figured out the rePUKE's game with the whistleblower phone transcript and report

[unitedwethrive]

It’s just like with the Mueller report. They are going to release edited documents, probably along with a Bill Barr statement on how they totally exonerate trump. They clearly have seen the whistleblower report, since they blocked it, so know how it can be altered to appear less serious.

They know that if they get out in front of the narrative, that the public will start to believe it – just like they did with Mueller. They also know that the only way for the Democrats to counter their narrative is to allow the whistleblower to testify in public, which by definition would ‘out’ that person, something they can then fault the Dems for doing.

Sure, the congress might eventually see the actual, entire report…but by then the public narrative will already be set in stone.
It worked for them before, so why not try again?

[5starlib]

1. Well the whistleblower can testify this time

We'll see if they will let him say what he wants. He can verify the report.

[unitedwethrive]

10. But it appears they want to remain anonymous

It's hard to change the narrative with written transcripts of testimony before a closed committee meeting.

[UniteFightBack]

35. No the whistle blower wants to testify.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/whistleblower-wants-to-testify-before-house-intelligence-committee/ar-AAHMSnm

[TheRealNorth]

2. I suspect you are correct

[Webhead]

36. I'm going to sleep well tonight.

Just to begin an impeachment process in the House to get the facts and obtain information is relaxing to me.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Harris just told Lawrence O'Donnell

that she thinks they are being patriotic and sincere.

[unitedwethrive]

5. Yeah, like usual?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I think she was referring to the whistleblower.

[Green Line]

12. No she wasn't

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. I heard her with my very own ears referring to the whistleblower

as a patriot. I'm old but I'm not deaf.

[BigmanPigman]

13. No, it was the Senate.

That is why I was surprised. She said that when they are in private in committees without cell phones, etc they are actually concerned about the country's safety.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Well, she's there and I'm not.

[BigmanPigman]

17. I'll believe it when I see it too.

[mopinko]

19. the intel committee i think is what she was referring to.

[BigmanPigman]

25. Probably.

[Disaffected]

39. Correct

[dansolo]

42. Then they are cowards unwilling to stand up to McConnell

Nt

[Greywing]

27. She was referring to whistleblowers specifically

in response to Lawrence's question about how whistleblowers should feel in light of what this whistleblower is going through...

[tavernier]

11. Boy that must have been

some cocktail hour.

[ecstatic]

6. That's why I'm glad Nancy announced her intentions BEFORE their bullshit spin tour.

6 committees are now working on trump's long list of impeachable offenses. The Ukraine thing is just icing on the cake. We still have the military stops at his resorts, and all the other emoluments violations. The cat's out the bag. Good riddance trump.

[California_Republic]

7. Yup censored transcript

[California_Republic]

20. Let's hope they are getting tough

[California_Republic]

23. " please take the witness into custody "

Sweet!

[California_Republic]

28. Nice music in your journal Chin Music

[mr_lebowski]

30. I vouch for Chin's taste in teh tuneage ...

[Claritie Pixie]

9. You may be correct that they'll try but this is different.

It's an easily understood single event, plus a whistleblower to testify.

I'm satisfied we have them on the defensive.

So answer me this - why is Mitch allowing a vote in the Senate tomorrow morning to rescind Trump's national
emergency declaration?

[Captain Zero]

33. Because there is a danger that wall expenditures

Will be shown to have been laundered out elsewhere ?? I'm convinced they are stealing from allocated funds for various projects, invoicing it to various contractors, who, in turn, are laundering portions of it to all kinds of corrupt pockets. Classic oligarch move.

[UpInArms]

34. Moscow Mitch is getting scared

That’s what it sounds like to me ...

[Catherine Vincent]

21. ...

Could this whistleblower be the same person that wrote the Op-Ed in the New York Times?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html

[njhoneybadger]

26. It would be a shame if the whistleblower accidentally lost a copy of the report

And somebody found it and mailed it to MSNBC

[Generic Brad]

32. Don't they realize the Ukrainians have the same info?

If an edited or redacted version is turned in, what’s to stop the Ukrainians from providing the real deal? Trump & Co have not thought this through at all.

[Webhead]

38. I want the whistleblower to testify in an Intelligence Committee open session hearing.

I want staff lawyers to be able to question the whistleblower.

Then, I want there to be corroboration of his/her complaint - like voice recordings.

I want the proof to be irrefutable - spin-proof.

[NCLefty]

40. I don't think they're going to be able to do that this time.

But we know they'd love to and will probably try.

[brush]

41. The whisleblower has contacted Schiff and will testify. There are some patriouts...

left in Washington.