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Maguire's explanation for not giving whistleblower complaint immediately to Congress as per statute is that the complaint included things that could involve exec privilege, and he can't waive that privilege
Maguire says that there is no reason to believe that the whistleblower did anything other than the right thing; does not question his/her patriotism
Schiff is hammering Maguire's explanation for withholding whistleblower complaint.

Schiff says Maguire went to the subject of the complaint (WH) to get an opinion on whether to release it
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to introduce resolution calling on Trump to rethink his invite of Erdogan to the White House
McConnell pronounces the name of the Turkish president as "Erdo-GAN," with a hard G
While McConnell is introducing a symbolic resolution pressuring the president to rethink Syria strategy, he is also waving off immediate Turkey sanctions

McConnell cautions “against developing a reflex to use sanctions as our tool of first, last and only resort"
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The Mick Mulvaney interview on Fox is required viewing this morning.

The White House Chief of Staff is trying to say it's not a quid pro quo unless he specifically uses the words quid pro quo
mediaite.com/tv/chris-walla…
Mulvaney then tries to gaslight Fox's Chris Wallace by saying he only claimed two conditions for Ukraine aid. Wallace of course has the tapes

mediaite.com/tv/chris-walla…
WALLACE: "You say he considers himself to be in the hospitality business... he's the president of the United States!"
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Sen. Graham: I will never be quiet about matters of national security
Sen Graham: "With all due respect to the president, I'm elected to have a say about our national security... What is unfolding in Syria is gonna be a disaster... I will not be quiet. I will do everything I can to help the president get to a good spot."
Sen. Graham on Syria: "The president's decision here I think is the biggest mistake of his presidency. And I will never be quiet about matters of national security."

Says to soldiers who fought vs ISIS: "I will lend my voice to your cause."
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Short thread on Whistleblower Eric Ciaramella - feel free to add new things to this as it's just a compilation of what's out there.

Here this denizen of transparency and bravery is at the White House enjoying the peaceful transfer of power to the duly elected POTUS
While libs are trying to smear @DonaldJTrumpJr for "outing" his name (though it's been tossed around here on twitter, openly for WEEKS), we're going to officially credit Yassar and his 3 sources to confirm.
So who is Eric Ciaramella? @SebGorka listed his credentials thusly:

Sent by @JohnBrennan to the White House
Worked for @AmbassadorRice
Advised @JoeBiden on "Ukraine policy”
Invited @DNC operative @AlexandraChalup to NSC
Coordinated illegally with @RepAdamSchiff as fake WB
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M3thods
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I hope Acting DNI Maguire takes the Dems to the woodshed.
Schiff sounds like his favorite Standard Hotel was just shut down.
Has there ever been a time when Nunes didn't speak in red pills?
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Did Trump promise to tell Putin the identity(ies) of one or more US spies?

“Trump’s interaction w/ the foreign leader included a ‘promise’ that was regarded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the U.S. IC to file a formal whistleblower complaint...” 1/ #Whistleblower
“At some point on July 31, President Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/… 2/
“Trump's White House issues an ominous request for a list of top U.S. spies” - 8/3/19 salon.com/2019/08/03/tru… 3/
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NEW: Watchdog Refuses to Detail #WhistleBlower Complaint About #Trump. In closed meeting w/ House lawmakers, IG wouldn't confirm—or deny—an alarming commitment Trump was said to have made to a world leader nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/… #NationalSecurity
If Trump didn't make an alarming promise, why is the IG withholding the #whistleblower complaint from Congress? Fact is: Trump has a well-documented pattern of reckless abuse of power putting his financial & political interests above US national security. (Yesterday's THREAD⤵️😱)
🔥Schiff: There is no privilege to conceal #whistleblower report or to be corrupt. Someone above DNI is trying to manipulate the system to keep an urgent matter from Congress. Privilege claim indicates POTUS & WH are involved. We know DOJ is involved. The problem isn’t the law.
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1) Love me some archived links. Let's see what Shane Harris, Greg Miller, and Ellen Nakashima from the WaComPost have drudged up this week to cause #Whistleblower to trend.

Shane Harris being one of the imbeciles who promoted the russian spy in DC story, promotes muh Russia, etc
2) Here is the archived link to the WaPo article, because fuck your paywalls and your couches.

archive.is/kjQ9I
3) "The whistleblower complaint... involves President Trump’s communications with a foreign leader, according to two former U.S. officials familiar with the matter." TWO FORMER OFFICIALS FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER! DRINK!
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Maya Wiley
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Congress & White House have a history of fighting abt what classified material Congress can have on demand. In this case, a fed’l law says that a #whistleblower complaint that the Inspector Gen’l finds “urgent” be sent to Congress Intel Committees. So what is “urgent”?
The federal law defines “urgent” as “A serious or flagrant problem, abuse, violation of law or Executive order,..., or operations of an intelligence activity involving #classified information...” among other things. This appears to be the relevant part of the #whistleblower story
Congress states “Congress as a co-equal branch of Gov’t, is empowered by the Constitution to serve as a check on the executive...it has a ‘need to know’ of allegations of wrongdoing...including allegations of wrongdoing in the Intelligence Community.” bit.ly/32RviOp
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