Lawmakers may face ethics violations if they talk about the “whistleblower” whose complaint spurred the impeachment inquiry during the upcoming public hearings, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the head inquisitor seeking to impeach and remove President Donald Trump, warned in a memo Tuesday.
the Washington Examiner’s Byron York noted in a tweet highlighting the November 12 memo authored by Schiff:
Whistleblower started Trump-Ukraine matter, framed issue in way House Dems have adopted for impeachment. Now Chairman Schiff orders GOP: Do not talk about whistleblower in impeachment hearings. If you do, you’ll hear from Ethics Committee.
(snip)
According to the memo, the Intelligence panel leading the probe will not “facilitate any efforts by President Trump or his allies to threaten, intimidate, or retaliate against the whistleblower who courageously and lawfully raised concerns about the President’s conduct.”
Under a section dubbed, “Whistleblower Protection and Confidentiality,” the memo stressed,
The Committee has a long, proud, and bipartisan history of protecting whistleblowers—including from efforts to threaten, intimidate, retaliate against or undermine the confidentiality of whistleblowers. … The Code of Official Conduct for Members of Congress requires that every Member “shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.” The Committee on Ethics has historically viewed this provision as “encompassing violations of law and abuses of one’s official position.”
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Note: The traditional Judiciary Committee are not involved nor as the lead for such "inquiry". And any effort on the part of Trump self-defense is viewed as "threaten, intimidate, or retaliate against the whistleblower".
Let the DC frenzy circus as closely resemble the Soviet style Star Chamber as possible. American people are not as witless as these DemonRAT operatives hope we are.
the Washington Examiner’s Byron York noted in a tweet highlighting the November 12 memo authored by Schiff:
Whistleblower started Trump-Ukraine matter, framed issue in way House Dems have adopted for impeachment. Now Chairman Schiff orders GOP: Do not talk about whistleblower in impeachment hearings. If you do, you’ll hear from Ethics Committee.
(snip)
According to the memo, the Intelligence panel leading the probe will not “facilitate any efforts by President Trump or his allies to threaten, intimidate, or retaliate against the whistleblower who courageously and lawfully raised concerns about the President’s conduct.”
Under a section dubbed, “Whistleblower Protection and Confidentiality,” the memo stressed,
The Committee has a long, proud, and bipartisan history of protecting whistleblowers—including from efforts to threaten, intimidate, retaliate against or undermine the confidentiality of whistleblowers. … The Code of Official Conduct for Members of Congress requires that every Member “shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.” The Committee on Ethics has historically viewed this provision as “encompassing violations of law and abuses of one’s official position.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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Note: The traditional Judiciary Committee are not involved nor as the lead for such "inquiry". And any effort on the part of Trump self-defense is viewed as "threaten, intimidate, or retaliate against the whistleblower".
Let the DC frenzy circus as closely resemble the Soviet style Star Chamber as possible. American people are not as witless as these DemonRAT operatives hope we are.
