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TONIGHT WITH THE FULL HOUSE VOTE
NEXT WEEK.
>> NO SUBPOENA POWER FOR
REPUBLICANS AND DEPOSITIONS AS I
SAID DONE IN SECRET IN THE
BUNKER IN THE BASEMENT OF THE
CAPITAL.
IN THOSE DEPOSITIONS REMEMBER
THOSE WITNESSES WERE SUBPOENAED.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO ANSWER OUR
QUESTIONS BUT ONLY THE DEMOCRATS
GOT ALL THEIR QUESTIONS
ANSWERED.
THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT
REPUBLICANS ASK THAT THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE INTEL COMMITTEE
PREVENTED THE WITNESSES FROM
ANSWERING.
DEMOCRATS DENIED REPUBLICANS
WITNESSES FOR THE OPENING
HEARINGS, WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO
CALL THE WITNESSES WE WANT TO
COME UP WE HAD TO SUBMIT A LIST.
WE PUT ON THE LIST FROM
ADAM SCHIFF JUST TO GET PEOPLE
THAT MIGHT MAKE THE REAL CASE
AND SUBMIT THE FACTS.
THE ONE WITNESS WE REALLY WANTED
TO CALL, EVEN THOUGH ADAM SCHIFF
INITIALLY SAID WE WOULD GET A
CHANCE TO HEAR FROM HIM, WE
WON'T ALLOW
WON'T AREOW
WON'T ARE ALLOWED TO END THAT
WAS A WHISTLE-BLOWER.
REMEMBER WHEN THIS ALL HAPPEN IN
SEPTEMBER, ADAM SCHIFF TOLD US
WE WOULD GET TO HEAR FROM THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER?
THE WHISTLE-BLOWER WITH NO
FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE WHO IS
BIASED AGAINST THE PRESIDENT,
WHO WORKED WITH JOE BIDEN?
HE SAID IT, YOU WILL GET TO HEAR
FROM HIM, BUT THEN CHANGED HIS
MIND.
WHAT CHANGED THE CHAIRMAN'S
MIND?
REMEMBER, THE DAY AFTER THE
CALL, THE WHISTLE-BLOWER WRITES
THIS MEMO.
HE SAYS THE CALL -- HE DESCRIBES
IT AS CRAZY FRIGHTENING BUT HE
WEIGHTS 18 DAYS TO FILE THE
COMPLAINT AND WHAT HAPPENS IN 18
DAYS?
THE WHISTLE-BLOWER GOES OFF AND
SEE HIS ADAM SCHIFF AND GET SOME
MARCHING ORDERS FROM
ADAM SCHIFF'S STAFF AND
EVERYTHING CHANGES.
WE DON'T GET TO HEAR FROM HIM.
WE DON'T GET TO HEAR FROM THAT
PERSON.
AND BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO HEAR
FROM THE WHISTLE-BLOWER,
REMEMBER THE COMPLAINT THAT GETS
FILED ON AUGUST 12?
THE VERY FIRST POINT THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER MAKES IN THE
COMPLAINT IS THIS.
OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, MORE
THAN HALF A DOZEN U.S. OFFICIALS
INFORMED ME ABOUT THE EFFORT.
WE HAVE NO IDEA.
THE COMMITTEE MARKING UP
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, WE HAVE
NO IDEA WHO THOSE HALF A DOZEN
U.S. OFFICIALS ARE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WE TALK TO
THEM, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAME
AND TESTIFIED.
MY GUESS IS THAT COLONEL VINDMAN
WAS ONE OF THEM BUT, WHO KNOWS?
WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE NEVER
GOT TO TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL
WHO STARTED IT ALL WITH THE
COMPLAINT THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE INTEL COMMITTEE TOLD US WHEN
IT ALL STARTED, WE WILL HEAR
FROM HIM.
THAT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HIS
STAFF HAD COMMUNICATED WITH THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER, NO, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GET TO YOU.
SO THE REAL VICTIM OF THE
OBSTRUCTION YEARS THIS
COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE HAD FOR DEMOCRAT
WITNESSES IN FRONT OF US.
THREE LAW PROFESSORS THAT THE
MAJORITY CALLED IN AND ONE THAT
THE REPUBLICANS CALLED IN AND
THOSE ARE THE FOUR WITNESSES AND
A BUNCH OF STAFF.
ONE OF THE 17 WITNESSES.