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That prevented mcguire from moving this thing forward to the committee expeditiously? was the white house involved? what did doj say? why did they interpret it the way they did? finally, the most important point, you have to wonder what mcguire is going to say to the intelligence community employees who are watching him. because how he handles this whistleblower complaint will have tremendous implications for everyone in the intelligence community and how they think about whether or not they -- ...

Problems which is what every member of this committee was september he sent here to do. judging by todays charade, the chances of that happening anytime soon are xi zero to non. >> the inspector general found the complaint credible. did you also find it credible? >> i did not criticize the inspector generals decision on whether or not it was credible. my question was whether or not it meets the urgent concern and the seven daytime frame that would follow. >> my question -- >> i have no question ...

Wrongdoing by the president of the united states, and the first thing you do is go to the presidents men at the white house and women and say should i give it to congress. and in the second paragraph of that complaint, sir, it also suggests the attorney general could be involved, and the second thing you do is go to the attorney generals people at the justice department and ask them if you should give it to congress. sir, i have no question about your character. ive read your bio. i have some qu...

>> lets turn over every rock. >> would i have approached it that way? clearly not. >> clearly what were seeing is deeply troubling. >> republicans ought not to be rushing to circle the wagons and say theres no there, there. the administration ought not be attacking the whistleblower as some talking points suggested they plan to do. >> theres 92 wants within the republican leadership but also many top republicans flat out denying any wrongdoing in what is a blinking red collusion plot. >> i dont ...

Biden? i mean, hes making a laughing stock out of all the republicans who carried his water during the 23 months of the mueller probe. >> i think one of the reasons this has legs is because its a constitutional issue. and even the republicans feel like their rights are being infringed upon. i was looking at the actual statute. and it begins by saying congress as a co-equal branch of government is empowered by the constitution to serve as a check on the executive branch. and that capacity has a n...

Have members of congress nail down acting dni mcguire. the first is on his reaction to this whistle-blower complaint. does he share the i.g.s concerns that this is serious, this is credible, this goes to the heart of his mission in terms of protecting foreign influence from the united states. because as schiff said, these things seem very disturbing. readers of this complaint have been disturbed by it. they think something needs to be done. the second thing is you want to nail down what was the ...

>> and it wasnt in his hands. >> but it had not gone to coats. at least according to coats. >> i think this showed actually the inexperience of a joe mcguire on the job. he had a decorated military career. led an intelligence component. youre hit with this in the first week on the jock. i felt kind of bad for him. no one can be trained for this squeeze play between executive privilege and wrongdoing and the whistleblower statute. so i think he was trying to navigate this. but i think at the end ...

United states for defense purposes. trump said, i would like a favor, though. i would like you to tell us what happened in ukraine. they say crowd strike. i guess you have one of your wealthy people, crowd server. they say ukraine has it. he then mentioned william barr. 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. trump then brings up rudy giuliani, his personal attorney. quote, mr. giuliani is a highly respected man. i will a...

The message this has sent to other whistle-blowers about whether this system really works. if the subject of a complaint can stop that complaint from getting to congress, then the most of the serious complaints may never get here. and i want to thank the whistle-blower for their courage. they didnt have to step forward, indeed we know there were several others that had knowledge of many of the same events. i would say to those several others that have knowledge of those events, i hope that they ...

Deliberate effort and campaign by donald trump and by rudy giuliani to give ukraine the cold shoulder, to make it clear to them that ukraine had to, quote, play ball, that was the phrase that was used in the whistle-blower complaint, and that once the transcript of the call was seen by about a dozen administration officials, not just at the white house but throughout the administration, white house lawyers quickly scrambled to, quote, lock down the documents. thats a clear effort to cover up wha...