Whistleblower Was Overheard in '17 Discussing With Ally How to Remove Trump
Real Clear Investigations, Jan 22, 2020, Paul Sperry

Barely two weeks after Donald Trump took office, Eric Ciaramella – the CIA analyst whose name was recently linked in a tweet by the president and mentioned by lawmakers as the anonymous “whistleblower" who touched off Trump's impeachment – was overheard in the White House discussing with another staffer how to remove the newly elected president from office, according to former colleagues.

Sources told RealClearInvestigations the staffer with whom Ciaramella was speaking was Sean Misko. Both were Obama administration holdovers working in the Trump White House on foreign policy and national security issues. And both expressed anger over Trump’s new “America First” foreign policy, a sea change from President Obama’s approach to international affairs.

“Just days after he was sworn in they were already talking about trying to get rid of him,” said a White House colleague who overheard their conversation.

“They weren’t just bent on subverting his agenda,” the former official added. “They were plotting to actually have him removed from office.”

Misko left the White House last summer to join House impeachment manager Adam Schiff’s committee, where sources say he offered “guidance” to the whistleblower, who has been officially identified only as an intelligence officer in a complaint against Trump filed under whistleblower laws. Misko then helped run the impeachment inquiry based on that complaint as a top investigator for congressional Democrats.


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Joel B. Pollak
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126th question, from @SenDanSullivan for WH: how can Senate be accused of "cover up" if Senate makes decision based on House "overwhelming" evidence?

Philbin: Exactly.

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HMs answer the question first (comic relief) then Jay Sekulow ....

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Schitt answers first ... then Philbin --- who beautifully corrects the record

[quote=Right_in_Virginia|p11042]Philbin argues delay on Ukraine funds posed 'no damage' to U.S. national security

I saw something last night that the Ukrainian prez didn't even now any funds had been delayed.

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[quote=Right_in_Virginia|p11042]Philbin argues delay on Ukraine funds posed 'no damage' to U.S. national security

I saw something last night that the Ukrainian prez didn't even now any funds had been delayed.

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CNN's John King: "Republicans make a good point. The Whistleblower started all this. Why has the Whistleblower never been questioned? Shouldn’t the House Democrats have found a secure way to do that? It’s a legitimate point of debate." pic.twitter.com/lsutmBXBwJ— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) January 30, 2020

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