I suppose he left the part about not being able to trust his traitorous, backstabbing Republican colleagues unsaid?
ETA: Trump is the story, not the whistleblower. Schiff is absolutely correct in keeping the focus on Trump. The whistleblower was the means to get us there, and deserves immense credit and our gratitude, but he/she should be kept off stage -which is probably what they want anyway.
I’ve read that the WB’s lawyers, Zaid and Bakaj, have asked Schiff if their client could submit a written statement, probably a sworn affidavit.
Also, Maria Bartiromo, that impeccable purveyor of truth says the IG report will be released next Friday. But,
My bet. The IG will report some tsk, tskey bullshit and wag a virtual finger because important documents were written in comic sans, or some such. Barr has been sitting on it for a month now. I also expect him to come out and make a statement where he muddies the waters again. Rest assured, Schiff knows what’s in that report already.
The call summary is enough, but Trump going to great lengths to hide the full transcript is the icing on the cake.
They do have enough to impeach this vulgar, embarrassing dotard. There is nothing to be gained by risking the lives of whistleblowers. Trump, in his great and unmatched imbecility, has already given enough evidence to support impeachment.
It probably won’t be enough for a conviction in the Senate, but that’s another bridge to cross.
What would really drive him nuts is to know that many in the WH do know the identity but don’t tell him because he can’t be trusted not to blurt it out. I bet he’s only one in the WH who doesn’t know.
Which is why the WB was never going to be a panzerfaust…the One-Shot weapon which achieved some notoriety in the last stages of the 1945 seige of Berlin.
The Floodgates are opening because of actions precipitated by people like the WB, resulting in devastating revelations at a rapid pace, thus relegating the WB into an entity the destruction of whom is not going to be the Holy Grail for Trump/Barr.
I mean, let’s be truthful here: does anybody believe that the Barr DOJ would prosecute anyone guilty of the outing? How did that work in the Valerie Plame case, for example?