As Twitchy has reported, Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday once again claimed he has no idea who the whistleblower is, even though the Washington Post’s fact-checker gave that claim four Pinocchios.
Sen. Ted Cruz wasn’t playing that game and confronted Schiff with reports that the alleged whistleblower worked with Joe Biden and had a strong political bias against President Trump.
(1/5) My 4th #impeachment question, with @JerryMoran & @HawleyMO: “An August 26, 2019, letter from the Intelligence Community IG to the Director of National Intelligence discussing the so-called ‘whistleblower’ stated that …
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 29, 2020
(2/5) … the IG identified 'some indicia of an arguable political bias on the part of the complainant in favor of a rival political candidate.' Multiple media outlets reported that this likely referred to the whistleblower’s work with Joe Biden. …
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 29, 2020
(3/5) … Did the so-called whistleblower work at any point for or with Joe Biden? If so, did he work for or with Joe Biden on issues involving Ukraine? …
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 29, 2020
(4/5) … And did he assist in any material way with the quid pro quo in which then-Vice President Biden has admitted to conditioning loan guarantees to Ukraine on the firing of the prosecutor investigating Burisma?”
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 29, 2020
(5/5) Unsurprisingly, @RepAdamSchiff refused to answer. But we must know whether the whistleblower had a conflict an interest.
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 29, 2020
The Washington Examiner reported on the alleged whistleblower’s ties to Biden in October:
Michael Atkinson, the Intelligence Community’s inspector general, told members of Congress that the whistleblower had a “professional tie” to a 2020 Democratic candidate. He had written earlier that while the whistleblower’s complaint was credible, he had shown “some indicia of an arguable political bias … in favor of a rival political candidate.”
A retired CIA officer told the Washington Examiner, “From everything we know about the whistleblower and his work in the executive branch then, there is absolutely no doubt he would have been working with Biden when he was vice president.”
As an experienced CIA official on the NSC with the deep knowledge of Ukraine that he demonstrated in his complaint, it is probable that the whistleblower briefed Biden and likely that he accompanied him on Air Force Two during at least one of the six visits the 2020 candidate made to the country.
As part of his question, Cruz asks Schiff if whistleblower worked with Biden. Schiff says he doesn’t know the identity of the whisteblower. He defended the work of his staff
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 29, 2020
Question from Cruz to Schiff: The ICIG said the anti-Trump whistleblower had political bias in favor of Biden. Did the whistleblower work for or with Biden on anything related to Burisma or the firing of the Ukrainian prosecutor?
Schiff refused to answer.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 29, 2020
After lying to the Senate and refusing to answer a simple question about the whistleblower's work with Biden to protect Burisma from investigation, Schiff is now filibustering the Senate to hide the truth about the anti-Trump leaker from them.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 29, 2020
BREAKING: Schiff just dodged question submitted in Senate trial asking if "whistleblower" worked with Biden
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 29, 2020
We’re pretty much expecting CNN to spend the next 24 hours clutching their pearls over Cruz trying to out the whistleblower.
Instead of answering, he went full on defense mode then attacked the President. Even looked irritated at the table afterward. Hope @tedcruz keeps going after him
— Chris Cook ?? (@realChrisBubbaC) January 29, 2020
And right now Schiff is lying that he doesn't know who he is and he and his staff never met him.
— DeMario (@DJDeMario1) January 29, 2020
Schiff stopped Vindman from naming the 2nd person he told about the phone call. He told his brother and 1 other person. When he was asked to name the 2nd person Schiff stopped him from naming him. Jordan said to Schiff, how do you who he is going to name?
— Laus Deo (@Libertea47) January 29, 2020
I think Schiff’s answer to the question about whether the “whistleblower” worked with Biden on Ukraine is a resounding YES.
Otherwise he would have said NO instead of treating us to 5 minutes of sanctimonious over dramatic hand wringing.
— Cheryl ?? (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@cheryleliz) January 29, 2020
So we aren't going to get answers. End the charade now.
— Wayne Sida (@neurosidafex) January 29, 2020
Even pulled out the shaky emotional voice and made it more about how his staff needs protection. ?
— MommaShark36 (@MommaShark36) January 29, 2020
And my staff is being THREATENED!
Give us a break. And yes, Schiff just confirmed the association with Biden.
— NH (@TwoQuoque) January 29, 2020
Well then….if they want further documents and witnesses, Schiff should be commanded to produce the "threats". I'm sure they're in a file folder right next to that proof he has of Russian collusion.
— The Barbarian (@BarbarianinSF) January 29, 2020
His eyes get bigger with every lie….
— Janet (@Janet37930263) January 29, 2020
@ABC @CBSNews @CNN @MSNBC @NBCNews @AP @Reuters Are you following up on this? These lies?
— Anna (@wolters_ann) January 29, 2020
Ask it over and over
— Bobby Bobster (@moodyrepub) January 29, 2020
Shiff’s lies just flow out of his mouth so easily. His sanctimonious smugness is tiresome. Also, he’s not a whistleblower. He’s a co-conspirator.
— Kiki (@CauleyFlower8) January 29, 2020
That says a lot.
I want to hear from Whistleblower.— NextLevelTrading.com (@WilliamNextLev1) January 29, 2020
I look forward to Adam Schiff pleading the 5th repeatedly over and over hopefully in the near future.
— Brody (@APodCalypseNow2) January 29, 2020
On what basis is Schiff allowed to not answer?
— A Woodworker ?? (@oenophil15) January 29, 2020
None. The whole whistleblower charade was made-up out of whole cloth. There is no guarantee of anonymity in a court proceeding, much less an impeachment. The whole impeachment rests on what this person said. It must be scrutinized.
— Wayne Sida (@neurosidafex) January 29, 2020
His pants are on ?!
— Georgia Girl (@neeneenat) January 29, 2020
They need to resubmit the question. He never answered it.
— Ed Oxbow (@Carmard) January 29, 2020
I hate this format. Put them under oath and hold them accountable for their lies. Again they have no recourse for their lies. Sickening
— Dewey (@Deweyornot) January 29, 2020
Imagine if Senators kept repeating the question until he answered it.
— s0ur lem0ns (@KrexPershing) January 29, 2020
I guess he’s not under oath so no perjury. But wow what lies.
— kerry ?? (@americanestdude) January 29, 2020
This entire impeachment fiasco is a shitshow.
— Dr. Ramirez ?? ?☕??♂️ (@cybr_gk) January 29, 2020
He danced all over and didn't even come close to answering the question.
— Ron waz (@Rwaz53) January 29, 2020
Well there’s your answer.
— Phillipa Coleman (@ColemanPhillipa) January 29, 2020
So Cruz just won the trial for Trump is what I am hearing.
— Chief Humping Dog (@pierceoutlaw) January 29, 2020
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