A White House official was “visibly shaken” after listening to President Trump’s July 25 phone call with the president of Ukraine (which we all read, and if not – read it here), in which Trump requested an investigation into accusations that former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter engaged in corruption.
According to the New York Times:
The official was “visibly shaken by what had transpired,” the C.I.A. officer wrote in his memo, one day after Mr. Trump pressured President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in a July 25 phone call to open investigations that would benefit him politically.
A palpable sense of concern had already taken hold among at least some in the White House that the call had veered well outside the bounds of traditional diplomacy, the officer wrote.
(Take a shot every time the MSM says Trump “pressured” Zelensky, or calls accusations against the Bidens or Ukraine election meddling a “conspiracy theory”)
The “visibly shaken” White House official is possibly the second whistleblower reported on Monday, (i.e. the first whistleblower’s source) – however the Times said it was “not clear” if that was the case.
The latest in the saga
The Times description of a rattled White House official comes as the foundation of the impeachment case against Trump is in dire need of a credibility boost.
To review; the wheels of impeachment were set in motion after the original whistleblower, a CIA officer, approached House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s office with second-hand information (a contact Schiff lied about) that Trump was “using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election.”
One of Schiff’s aides then directed the whistleblower, a registered Democrat, to a Democratic operative attorney worked for Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer. The CIA officer then filed a whistleblower complaint on a recently altered form which now allows for the submission of second-hand information.
To cap it off, on Tuesday we learned that the whistleblower has “a professional relationship with one of the 2020 candidates” – as revealed by Inspector General Michael Atkinson during a closed-door interview with the House last Friday.
So with the crux of Democratic impeachment efforts rapidly unraveling, we now how the “visibly shaken White House official” who went nuclear after they learned that Trump was investigating the Democartic frontrunner.
How visibly shaken are we talking about?
According to a memo written by the first whistleblower on July 26, the day after the Trump-Zelensky call, the White House official said the call was “crazy,” “frightening” and “completely lacking in substance related to national security.”
Meanwhile, the actual whistleblower complaint claims:
- Trump “sought to pressure the Ukrainian leader to take actions to help the President’s 2020 reelection bid.”
- “the President pressured Mr. Zelenskyy to…”
(take two shots)
“I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it. I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike … I guess you have one of your wealthy people… The server, they say Ukraine has it There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation I think you’re surrounding yourself with some of the same people. I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it. As you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named Robert Mueller, an incompetent performance, but they say a lot of it started with Ukraine. Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible.“
The transcript makes clear no such pressure was applied, while Zelensky himself publicly stated that “nobody pushed me” to investigate matters requested by the Trump administration and Rudy Giuliani. Democrats have also claimed that nearly $400 million in US military aid was paused in order to use as leverage to kick start an investigation, however that theory has been relegated to at least the side-burner after it emerged that Zelensky had no clue it was being withheld at the time of the call.
Whatever the case, Democrats appear to be following the original script – as though Trump never released the transcript and all we know comes from inaccurate reporting first peddled through MSM outlets.
For example – the Washington Post‘s original reporting from September 18th, when the whistleblower story broke:
“Trump’s interaction with the foreign leader included a “promise”“
The Wall Street Journal on September 21:
“President Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s son, according to people familiar with the matter, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani”
(take eight shots)
Yet, with the record having been set straight by both the transcript and Zelensky, and the CIA whistleblower’s credibility in tatters, Democrats appear to have passed the point of no return – with a few realizing that the GOP-controlled Senate could flip the impeachment effort on Democrats by airing the Bidens’ dirty laundry along with other ‘matters’ in a very public trial going into the 2020 election.
Conspiracies everywhere
After Robert Mueller and the FBI took more than three years to prove an actual “conspiracy theory” that Trump was ‘colluding’ with Russia, the Times describes documented Ukrainian election meddling in 2016 as just that – writing that the whistleblower “detailed key aspects of the [Trump-Zelensky] conversation, including Mr. Trump’s request for investigations into former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son Hunter Biden, and a conspiracy theory about Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 election.”
(take a shot)
As a matter of fact, a DNC operative did coordinate with Ukrainians to meddle in the 2016 election to benefit Hillary Clinton, as has been by now widely reported. Veteran Democratic operative Alexandra Chalupa worked directly with the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States, along with investigative reporter Michael Isikoff, to target Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort according to Politico.
“They were coordinating an investigation with the Hillary team on Paul Manafort with Alexandra Chalupa,” said Andrii Telizhenko, who worked in the embassy at the time, adding “the embassy worked very closely with” Chalupa.
Off Topic: In spite of very strict”common sense” gun laws , there has been a mass shooting in a German synagogue. How is that even possible??
as of now only 2 dead–they had a camera system & spotted them early,were able to lock the doors so nobody inside was shot,the victims were in the street & at the cemetery–
yom kippor,what a shame–
It’s a shame if innocents were killed but who will ever know with all the spin?
I wonder if they borrowed freshly-dead old folks bodies from the local Jewish morgue to boost the body count like they did in Philly. They have separate morgues and keep ’em on ice for big events.
http://mileswmathis.com/synag.pdf
Seems the dems are gunning for the Pulitzer Prize for Letters, Drama, and Music. Soon awards will be given for best screen play, best acting in a hysterical role, finest false grievance and triggered role and best propaganda directed towards impeachment and fake narrative.
You didn’t mention a best name category – Chalupa is a crack up.
‘Salsa’ and ‘quesadilla’ have also been used to refer to Mexican women.
Do you like yours hot and spicy or mild and bland?
They’re just using the same playbook they used against Kavanaugh.
Liberalism = Hate. I’m so sick of “progressives”.
Of course, the “whistleblower” was “visibly shaken” when he heard the President ask for help investigating corruption by his good friend Joe Biden and his son. Nobody wants their friends to be in the cross hairs of the federal government.
Exactly. If a Obummer-Brennan administration holdover C_A agent embedded in the Trump administration White House heard a phone call revealing that the former administration’s illegal, traitorous actions were being looked at, he’d probably start to feel fear’s adrenaline have an effect on his bodily functions that would induce becoming “visibly shaken.”
i.e., the sweats, furrowed brow, tight stomach, headache, hyperventilation, a tightening of the muscles controlling the anal sphincter to thwart soiling oneself.
Or, called by another description, the early stages of a panic attack, brought on by a mental understanding of an extreme threat
But, like Strzok and the FIBs upper echelon, surely the C_A members proudly serve with honesty, integrity, and no semblance of political bias or evil intent.
Hopefully, 45 and his family have the most loyal, competent people protecting them.
The desperate are capable of truly horrific things, as history has taught some of us who are aware.
When I need to read an article a couple times to determine if it came from the New York Times or Babylon Bee, this country has gone completely off the rails.
Call the Waambulance, a snow flake needs a safe place, after reading some propaganda.
The only way someone gets this emotional, is when their meds wear off, and their true psychosis is revealed for all to see.
this is exactly how the Left wants all their false news stories to be: the sky is falling, only 3 years left before baby eating time.
The N.T. Times, Democrats, and Liberals are such GIGANTIC HYPOCRITES!!! They do the VERY SAME THING THAT THEY ACCUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP OF DOING!!!!!! They make me sick to my stomach.
JFC I wish they’d get this gawdawful dog and pony show on the road, as it’s gotten tiresome and frankly boring. Somebody needs to start putting somebody in handcuffs. One side or the other, ideally both. Stop fucking around and do it already.
Spare us the dramatics. However, I agree and was wondering is Trump’s obstinacy would lead to him being dragged out of the WH in handcuffs.
As much as his enemies would like to see Trump cuffed, dragged away and locked up in isolation, as MadMax Waters has opined, I believe our President would enlist the security of the USMC to surround him to prevent that from happening, if a hard coup attack is ever attempted.
The one branch of the military he has complete and exclusive control of, and the generals who support him would be willing Patriots if requested for such drastic duty. I believe.
Willing or not, they would have to follow orders. I was wondering if he could be arrested, I did not consider a Venezuela type coup with guns and shit.
We may see it go down this way. I doubt if anyone is visibly shaken. They haven’t seen any action so they keep on.
If it boosted Warren/Clinton 2020, Drumpf would do the perp walk in leg shackles.
Actors act.
It’s what they do best.
Winnie, I wonder if he is purposely forcing an impeachment or if he really thinks calling for backup from China and Ukraine is a wise political move?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V0gv0SASjg
Trump’s retreat in Syria is a first. I hope it is not the first of many more concessions to Putin.
Concessions to Putin, really warmonger, or just getting out of endless wars in the ME. Putin and Iran are surrounded by our baseless bases to protect ((some country)). No more dead American boys for the MIC, I say. Good on Trump. For now.
dog and pony show. Steve Albini, audio engineer genius.
So we can infer either female or homo.
Perhaps someone like Epstein- a GAY JEWISH ACTOR.
He procured the honeypot girls.
I seriously doubt he was actually into them!
Pardon me while I puke. I know the kind of person the whistleblower is. I worked beside his (or her) kind for many years. Limp-wristed, dithering liberal Democrat pantywaists, every one of them. These “intelligence community” vermin are (with a handful of exceptions) not real intelligence officers. They are intelligence bureaucrats, desk jockeys and gasbags. Ignore them.
‘Visibly Shaken’ means ‘co-conspirator who thought they would get away with it all until he heard POTUS say ‘Crowdstrike’
Ukranian firm paid Joe $900,000.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/joe-biden-personally-paid-900000-burisma-according-ukrainian-mp-bombshell-admission
So almost $2M between Biden Sr and Jr out of Ukraine. Why are these sons-o-bitches not in jail already? What the hell is the DOJ doing? Why hasn’t Trump cracked some heads over at the DOJ over the blatant lack of prosecutions?
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/joe-biden-personally-paid-900000-burisma-according-ukrainian-mp-bombshell-admission
Because the Swamp protects their own. Like the Mafia. Trump is swimming upstream in a violent current. And giving out favors along the way so as to not get 2 in the hat.
i’m sure you all watched this. not a huge fan of beck but his chalkboards sessions are usually pretty good journalism and this one doesn’t disappoint.