Is Adam Schiff The Right PErson To Investigate Trump?

Adam Schiff has had a burr under his saddle regarding Trump since Trump began his presidential campaign. He claimed to have Russia collusion evidence - that he never produced. Now, before the investigation has even begun, Schiff's words betray any semblance of a fair arbiter on the question of Trump's impeachment.

For Schiff, it looks like verdict now, trial later.

So is Schiff the right man for the job?

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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

Its not the validity of the evidence, its the seriousness of the charge that matters

MistyCee

@sunsporter1649 Are you saying that hearsay from a whistleblower should not be considered sufficient to investigate a serious charge?

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@MistyCee Spot on

MistyCee

@sunsporter1649 Ok. Personally, I think that's one of the least effective and most easily rebutted White House talking points, but I do get that the rebuttal would likely not resonate as well as the talking point itself.

Without getting into hearsay, whistleblower public policy, witness intimidation, the real substance of the exclusionary rule and the fruit of the poisoness tree doctrine and all that stuff, though, Trump already undercut the effectiveness of this point by releasing the summary/transcript, and letting the acting DNI guy testify.

I think we're shortly going to be focusing either on the coverup, I doubt that the emotional appeal of this argument will hold up so well once more subpoenas issue and/or Trump people start testifying.

If Trumpists want to make this thing really fly, they're going to likely have to go way beyond hearsay and deeper into conspiracy stuff, like they already have by talking about how it sounded like it was written by a lawyer, and supporting a counterattack like they did with FISAGate.

I think its likely that they will do just that, and do their damndest to bring Obama, Clinton, Biden, the media, the deep state, globalists, and everyone else into the circus, but when they do, the hearsay/whistleblower thing will likely get forgotten pretty quickly.

MistyCee

@sunsporter1649 It looks like some of the conspiracy theories alluded to as superior to the hearsay thing on the complaint are already being explored.

I only breezed through it and the guardian is not a favorite source of mine, but it illustrates how quickly the hearsay thing becomes irrelevant, even assuming there was any merit to it.

Impeachment: the five conspiracy theories behind Trump's Ukraine dilemma | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/30/trump-impeachment-five-conspiracy-theories-ukraine-dilemma