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Here you go … let’s cut to the chase shall we?
The whistleblower complaint, annotated
A line-by-line analysis of the report that triggered the Ukraine scandal.
by Zachary B. Wolf and Curt Merrill, CNN — Sept 26, 2019
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I. Efforts to restrict access to records related to the call
In the days following the phone call, I learned from multiple U.S. officials that senior White House officials had intervened to “lock down” all records of the phone call, especially the official word-for-word transcript of the call that was produced-as is customary-by the White House Situation Room. This set of actions underscored to me that White House officials understood the gravity of what had transpired in the call.
The whistleblower’s use of the phrase “lock down” and subsequent description is another way to say “cover up.” This explosive allegation suggests that Trump aides realized that his call was inappropriate even if Trump publicly says it was “perfect.”
- White House officials told me that they were “directed” by White House lawyers to remove the electronic transcript from the computer system in which such transcripts are typically stored for coordination, finalization, and distribution to Cabinet-level officials.
- Instead, the transcript was loaded into a separate electronic system that is otherwise used to store and handle classified information of an especially sensitive nature. One White House official described this act as an abuse of this electronic system because the call did not contain anything remotely sensitive from a national security perspective.
[Emphasis added] [sub-block reference is CNN commentary].
What else was stashed on this White House “classified information” Server?
When is Congress going to take possession of it — before the Trump cabal drops it into the sea?
Adam Schiff told Rachel Maddow that the White House Officials are now under “preservation orders” — that they must preserve all records as they currently exist.
Well, that’s a start …
But it assumes that White House Officials are a Law-abiding gang … and if that were true, Trump shoulda woulda been Impeached years ago.
Grab the White House “classified information” Server NOW.
Let the Impeachment Investigation be your “search warrant”.
Get a Judge to authorize it NOW, due to the volatility of the situation, and the inherit danger that the Evidence is currently under, as we blog and tweet. And otherwise celebrate the day.
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Do what the GOP would do — and “Strike while the the Iron’s hot.”
GET THE DAMN SERVER.
[Or get the National Security Council Directorate to take possession of it, since it’s there under their authority, according to the complaint.]
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