DNI Gabbard Reveals Intelligence Community Conspiracy That Led to Trump's 2019 Impeachment
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard
declassified documents Monday that she says show the intelligence
community, along with certain Democrat congresscritters — think
California Sen. Adam Schiff (a representative at the time) and House
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA ‑11) — used to justify the ludicrous
2019 impeachment effort of Donald Trump.
Democrats incredibly tried to take down a sitting president over a
phone call because they alleged that Trump had requested Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky look into Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, who had
been conducting suspicious business activity in the Eastern European
country. They further charged that Trump used presidential power to
unlawfully pressure the Ukrainians.
Gabbard says the new documents show that the case was manufactured:
In her tweet, she points readers to a lengthy press release
on the official ODNI webpage that goes into more detail on the efforts
to convict a duly-elected president, and she pointed the finger directly
at former Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (ICIG)
Michael Atkinson, who Trump fired in 2020:
During
his preliminary investigation into President Trump’s July 2019 phone
conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, former IC IG
Michael Atkinson did not follow standard IG procedures and relied upon
politicized, manufactured narratives – only conducting interviews with
four individuals: the Whistleblower, the Whistleblower’s friend who was a
co-author of the January 2017 Russia Hoax Intelligence Community
Assessment (ICA) and close colleague of disgraced former FBI Agent Peter
Strzok, and two character references who had zero firsthand knowledge
of the July 2019 phone call.
Ah, yes, Peter Strzok, the slippery former FBI agent who was a foaming-at-the-mouth Trump Hater. Gabbard had more:
Despite
a lack of any firsthand evidence, IC IG Atkinson proceeded to take
actions to weaponize the Whistleblower process and exceed his statutory
jurisdiction by ignoring Department of Justice guidance and relying on
only second-hand testimony to ensure the whistleblower complaint was
released to Congress, referred to the FBI, and leaked to the propaganda
media.
Then-House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
(HPSCI) Chairman Adam Schiff and then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi used this
false, second-hand narrative to create media intrigue and ultimately
spark the basis to impeach President Trump in December of 2019.
Whistleblower met with Democrats on House Intelligence Committee (then led by Adam Schiff) BEFORE reporting his allegations to the Intelligence Community Inspector General.
Gabbard
provides numerous details regarding Atkinson’s shenanigans, but her
summary tells you the takeaway: these folks didn’t care about the rule
of law, or the Constitution, or integrity; all they wanted to do was get
Orange Man Bad at any cost. Emphasis hers:
“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,”
said DNI 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. Exposing
these tactics and showing how they undermine the fabric of our
democratic republic furthers the critical cause of transparency and
accountability and will help prevent future abuse of power.”
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has already weighed in, saying Monday that the whole thing was a hoax:
"As
Director Ratcliffe made clear as a member of President Trump's
impeachment advisory team in 2019, this impeachment was entirely
baseless, unfounded, and brought in politically-motivated bad faith,"
CIA Director of Public of Affairs Liz Lyons said in a statement to Just
the News.
It may seem like old news at this point, but the 2019 impeachment
remains a stain on our nation. If voters inexplicably give Congress back
to the Democrats in the midterms, and/or the presidency in 2028, we’re
likely to just see a whole lot more of this criminality.
Editor’s Note: The endless lawfare against Donald Trump was emblematic of the banana republic Biden regime.
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