Thread by @ArmonRaE

The #whistleblower said: "Over the past four months, more than half a dozen U.S. officials have informed me of various facts related to this effort."
#EugeneVindman should be subpoenaed to determine if he was among the seven or more U.S. officials, or if he just heard from them.

#Whistleblower: “I was not the only non-White House official to receive a readout of the call. Based on my understanding, multiple State Department and Intelligence Community officials were also briefed on the contents of the call as outlined above.”
cnn.com/interactive/20… #DNC

The #whistleblower states clearly in his report his conclusions were based on direct collaboration with “more than half a dozen U.S. officials” who had been feeding him the same "fact patterns" since April, 2019, three months before the July call.
It was synchronized collusion.

#NSC lawyer, #EugeneVindman, didn’t hear the call, but he “witnessed” the decision to move the call’s transcript to a top secret server after his twin brother #AlexanderVindman tried to add incriminating revisions to it.
rawstory.com/2019/10/impeac… #whistleblower

The #whistleblower indicated he had “direct & personal knowledge” (e.g. witnessing the decision to move the call’s transcript to a top secret server) but most accusations were parroted from numerous WH officials, which included many inaccuracies.
thefederalist.com/2019/09/27/int… #Pelosi

Between May 2018 & August 2019, the intelligence community secretly eliminated a requirement that whistleblowers provide direct, first-hand knowledge, allowing #whistleblower complaints even if they have zero direct knowledge of underlying evidence and only “heard from others.”

The previous version of the official #whistleblower complaint document declared:
“If you think that wrongdoing took place, but can provide nothing more than second-hand or unsubstantiated assertions, [the Inspector General] will not be able to process the complaint."

The #whistleblower's complaint says he was not on the call, but learned of "concerning" information from others with direct knowledge about it.
Why would "more than half a dozen U.S. officials" want to tell their "fact patterns" to the one who became the whistleblower?
#Schiff

The #whistleblower said “I was not a direct witness to MOST of the events described. ...I found MY COLLEAGUES’ accounts credible because in ALMOST ALL CASES, multiple officials recounted FACT PATTERNS that were consistent with one another.”
foxnews.com/politics/intel… #EugeneVindman

The #whistleblower "checked two boxes": One stating, "I have personal and/or direct knowledge of events or records involved”; and the other box stating, “Other employees have told me about events or records involved.”
“I was not a direct witness to MOST of the events described."

#AlexanderVindman went into fully flummoxed #IDontRecall mode when questioned about his role (with his brother #EugeneVindman) in the decision to file the transcript as secret, which he later publicized through the #whistleblower.
scribd.com/document/43406…

#AlexanderVindman: "So I recounted my – I recounted the – excuse me – I recounted the content of the transcript based off my notes, and then, frankly, I don’t recall – you know, I recounted the, you know, content of the call."
Uh-huh.
#EugeneVindman

“I mentioned that, you know, this is not entirely unusual. I am aware of other communications that have been – yeah – so, without going into the specific incidents, I guess, these are other classified materials.”
"Classified materials" he publicized.

#whistleblower: “I was not a direct witness to MOST of the events described. ...I found MY COLLEAGUES’ accounts credible because in ALMOST ALL CASES, multiple officials recounted FACT PATTERNS that were consistent with one another.”
How did he know what was supposed to be a fact?

How, in America, can the mere mention of the name #EricCiaramella be taboo?
If he's not the primary #whistleblower, he should be subpoenaed by the Senate to simply say he isn't — under oath.
He doesn't have to prove his presumed innocence.
It’s the same with #EugeneVindman.

The whistleblower's complaint says he was not on the call, but learned of "concerning" information from others with DIRECT knowledge.
Why would "more than half a dozen U.S. officials" want to spill their "fact patterns" on the one who became the #whistleblower?
COLLUSION?
#Schiff

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