Thread by @julie_kelly2

So now would be a good time to see the original IC IG form completed by the “whistleblower” with name redacted. Everyone now preening how the “whistleblower” form wasn’t changed (it was) or that the “whistleblower” checked off “first-hand” knowledge box hasn’t seen the evidence.

I’m going to help my Twitter friends make sense of IC IG news release since I see that the intellectually lazy NeverTrumpers already are lying about it.

After much obfuscation (which NeverTrump fell for—again) the IC IG ADMITS the forms were changed. In fact, the office says...

“The ICIG...has developed three new forms. The new forms do not require whistleblowers to possess first-hand knowledge in order to file a complaint or information with respect to an urgent concern.”

Here’s the kicker, folks:

“Regarding the instant matter, the whistleblower submitted the appropriate Disclosure of Urgent Concern that was IN EFFECT AS OF AUGUST 12, 2019 (my emphasis) and has been used by ICIG since May 2018.”

Here’s the twist: The form’s technical name is the same. It’s like saying...

Yes the IRS is using the same 1040 form. It’s the same form we’ve always used. Except that we changed a bunch of boxes.

Must underscore: The gullible NeverTrumpers and journos taking a victory lap, shouting “he didn’t change the form!” are not telling the truth. Again.