would be. i keep playing that because it was the most embarrassing moment i ve had as an american vis-a-vis our president. in helsinki before the world next to putin, the guy responsible, you can see a little smile on his face as the president threw his own country under the bus, but he just keeps talking to him and obviously taking his advice. all this is undercut in the very next paragraph where the president blows up any argument. this was about broader corruption fighting by launching into a tirade against joe biden. he offers up this sharpie-worthy testimony of his donor buddy turn turned ambassador, gordon sondland. despite questions that persist about whether that call happened. it just happens to have the president saying everything he needed to say to clear himself from this using language that only the whistle-blower used, certainly not the latin that this president is used to saying. so i don t even know that it happened.
happened. it just happens to have the president saying everything he needed to say to clear himself from this using language that only the whistle-blower used, certainly not the latin that this president is used to saying. so i don t even know that it happened. but he use it is and states it as fact. he ignores the full context and nobody of this is new for this president. he tee d off on another target, adam schiff for what he called shameless loo shameless lies, fantasy language, despite that schiff said this at the same hearing. it reads like a classic organized crime shakedown. sure of its rambling characters and in not so many words, this is the essence of what the president communicates. while we re pointing out the factual mistake, there s also the president s insistence that you ve found nothing when it comes to the mueller report. in fact, the special counsel listed at least ten instances of potential obstruction and he
this form is from the inspector general of the intelligence community is saying the form that the whistle-blower used was from may of 2018. it was not altered before this event, pushing back on that premise. but more importantly on this front i think is the statement from chuck grassley today who has long been a proponent of protecting whistle-blowers on the left and the right. it was very firm saying this whistle-blower followed the guidelines and needs to be respected and protected and they need to hear from him or her before moving on or before lodging any partisan, his words, attacks on his words. clearly chuck grassley is making it clear that he wants to have this person protected and testify in front of capitol hill. dana: there s a lot of moving parts but we are grateful that you keep track of it all and explain it so well.