Recently declassified documents, known as the Atkinson transcripts, have been released under the direction of Tulsi Gabbard, revealing new details about President Trump’s 2019 impeachment.
And they tell a different story than what Americans were originally told.
The original Articles of Impeachment were built around a so-called “whistleblower” complaint tied to Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In it, they claimed, “Using the powers of his high office, President Trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 United States Presidential election.”
But according to the declassified records, that whistleblower, identified as Eric Ciaramella, did not even have direct knowledge of the call.
In fact, he admitted as much in his intake form. In his own words, “I do not have direct knowledge of private comments or communications by the President.”
So the main accusation that triggered impeachment proceedings was based on secondhand information? That’s not exactly how this was presented at the time.
The memos also show that the whistleblower expressed political bias and had a prior professional relationship with a Democratic presidential candidate (Joe Biden).
That information was not made public during the impeachment process. Why not? Because the narrative presented to the public was that this was a neutral, nonpartisan individual raising concerns in good faith.
The documents also show that the whistleblower had contact with Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee before formally filing the complaint.
What does this all actually reveal, besides the fact that there was no real basis for impeachment? That the DNC went to great lengths, dishonestly attempting to remove a sitting president from office, when in reality, they were doing the very thing they were accusing Trump of, which was manipulating the 2020 elections. But that’s ok, it’s just politics as usual, right?
Oh, and are Americans going to get their tax dollars back that funded the impeachment hearings?
And why is this coming out this week? Because the timing is hard to ignore.
These memos sat buried for seven years.
And now, as major scrutiny builds around the Trump administration’s role in the war in Iran, they suddenly emerge. Are we supposed to believe that’s random?
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