Trump 2019 impeachment exposed: Gabbard provides damning insights into deep-state stitch-up
House Judiciary Committee hearing on Dec. 12, 2019. Alex Edelman/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Besides the whistleblower — credibly identified as Eric Ciaramella, the Obama holdover and CIA analyst who reportedly partook in Obama White House discussions regarding Hunter Biden and Burisma — Atkinson interviewed the whistleblower’s friend, “who was a co-author of the January 2017 Russia Hoax Intelligence Community Assessment and close colleague of former FBI Agent Peter Strzok,” and two character references.
Not only did Atkinson rely upon the testimonies of politicized actors, he determined that the complaint must be reported to Congress despite the Justice Department determining there was “no urgent concern” and the whistleblower confirming he had no “direct knowledge of private comments or communications by the President.”
It appears the hearsay-dependent allegations were buttressed by wild speculation.
One of the “witnesses” had admitted after reading a transcript of the call that they “would not have been able to get from ‘point A to Z’ the way the Whistleblower did” and that they had to “read between the lines” in order to conclude Trump was discussing quid pro quo.
The ODNI noted that the newly released “witness” interviews demonstrate that Atkinson’s public assertion that “other information obtained during [his] preliminary review … supports the complainant’s allegation” was false and obfuscated the fact that there was no firsthand evidence of what was being alleged.
The newly declassified documents confirm not only that the whistleblower lied to Atkinson about leaking to congressional Democrats prior to submitting his allegations to the inspector general but that he was, contrary to Atkinson’s characterization, politically biased.
Atkinson testified to Congress that he “never considered the whistleblower to be politically biased.”
He drew this conclusion despite the whistleblower stating in his interviews that he is a “registered Democrat”; had “worked closely with Vice President Biden” and had traveled with Biden to Ukraine; and was the “target of right-wing bloggers … and conspiracy theorists.”
“Deep state actors within the Intelligence Community concocted a false narrative that was used by Congress to usurp the will of the American people and impeach the duly-elected President of the United States,” stated Gabbard.
“Inspector General Atkinson failed to uphold his responsibility to the American people, putting political motivations over the truth. And this, along with the politicization of the whistleblower process by a former CIA employee who was working hand in glove with Democrats in Congress, are egregious examples of the deep state playbook on how to weaponize the Intelligence Community,” continued Gabbard.
In 2019, Gabbard was a Democratic congresswoman representing Hawaii and cast the only “present” vote on both articles of impeachment.
“It was a sham from the start,” tweeted Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). “The only thing we got wrong is that it is always worse than we thought.”
Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz, who worked to defend Trump at his impeachment trial, told Just the News that Trump could have grounds to expunge his impeachment in the House in light of the new revelations.
“It’s never been done. I don’t see any reason why it couldn’t be done,” said Dershowitz.
“These government officials will probably have to pay a political price, if not a legal price, for violating the Constitution, because that’s what they’ve done. They violated the Constitution,” said Dershowitz, adding that the Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to confront witnesses.
In terms of seeking remedy, Dershowitz suggested Trump could always bring a civil lawsuit.
Trump evidently liked Dershowitz’s suggestions and said on Truth Social, “Alan, one of the greats, should do it!”
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