View original postHe was in the CIA and upset that "several people were disturbed" by the call, and that it was placed in a secret database. However, apparently that is something that the Trump Administration has been doing due to leaks (like the whistle blower's leak). The transcript was composed by people actually in the room when the call was made, unlike the whistle blower's unsubstantiated complaint.
Which is why as soon as that report (it's not a transcript exactly) was released, people focused on that instead, at least for purposes of assessing what Trump said and how serious that was.
View original postIn a trial the whistle blower's entire complaint would be considered inadmissible hearsay. The only reason to file it is to attempt to then find substantiation elsewhere. There is an expression for legal actions such as this: fishing expedition.
In the context in which it actually occurred, the expression is whistle blowing, hence the epithet by which this person is being described. Of course if and when such misdeeds uncovered by a whistle blower come to an actual criminal trial, there needs to be more of an investigation to obtain further evidence and obviously that includes talking to the people who were actually present for the call. I have no idea what 'fishing' has to do with anything.
Really? Nothing on the current Ukraine-Trump thing? Color me shocked. *NM*
26/09/2019 07:32:13 PM
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I would have put up something if I expected a different result from before
26/09/2019 09:32:56 PM
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This. *NM*
26/09/2019 09:56:29 PM
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That's the actual debate, isn't it?
26/09/2019 10:48:12 PM
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What is different than before is two things
26/09/2019 11:59:33 PM
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We're talking about different differences...
27/09/2019 08:10:47 PM
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I don't know this answer and any one who says they know this answer is lying to you even if their
28/09/2019 12:29:39 AM
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A complete tempest in a teacup.
26/09/2019 10:01:09 PM
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The Trump apologist are circling the wagons
27/09/2019 01:49:20 PM
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This is where I disagree.
27/09/2019 04:35:43 PM
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You do realize that we're now going by the White House's own summary?
27/09/2019 07:30:59 PM
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Yes, I do realize that.
27/09/2019 07:46:10 PM
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What would you do when everything you say will always be taken in the worst light?- private email?
27/09/2019 07:58:19 PM
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Simmer down
27/09/2019 08:33:14 PM
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ROFL. You truly are hopeless. Enjoy smoking whatever you're smoking. Thankfully, its not my country
27/09/2019 09:09:43 PM
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I don't smoke. But you are correct....it is not your country. *NM*
27/09/2019 09:57:27 PM
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You truly are hopeless.
28/09/2019 01:12:52 AM
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Your spidey-senses were accurate. I was indeed thinking of doing so.
28/09/2019 02:36:01 PM
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You do realize the whistle blower had no direct information in the complaint, right?
27/09/2019 07:51:19 PM
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And?
27/09/2019 09:34:31 PM
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"I have no idea what 'fishing' has to do with anything." You wouldn't.
27/09/2019 10:11:54 PM
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So you're saying any whistleblower complaint based on second hand information...
27/09/2019 11:44:57 PM
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Also just as a reminder we have precedent here with the impeachment of Federal Judge Walter Nixon.
28/09/2019 07:38:19 PM
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A secret database, you mean a secret server? A server full of e-mails? *NM*
28/09/2019 05:55:21 AM
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The biggest conundrum for Republicans...
27/09/2019 04:10:16 PM
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You're drastically overstating how much impact Trump, or any president, has on the economy.
27/09/2019 07:11:54 PM
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Long term verses short term
27/09/2019 07:33:01 PM
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And I'm not willing to gamble on that rebound.
27/09/2019 07:55:19 PM
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You know they're going to have to hit the middle class with massive taxes for this
27/09/2019 08:31:09 PM
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Bernie clearly stated on Colbert the other night that his health care taxes would start...
28/09/2019 03:16:43 PM
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"the worst, most corrupt and most offensive president in American history" - Harding is back?
27/09/2019 07:54:13 PM
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Trump won't be removed from office absent real evidence of high crimes
27/09/2019 07:52:56 PM
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That isn't the standard for "real evidence"
27/09/2019 08:06:48 PM
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That may be but he has a point.
27/09/2019 09:09:02 PM
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That's what I said...
27/09/2019 09:14:14 PM
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On a less depressing subject
27/09/2019 09:35:26 PM
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