Flaming liar.
Via Free Beacon:
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler gave Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) four Pinocchios for falsely claiming the House Intelligence Committee had not heard from the Ukraine whistleblower.
During a September interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Schiff said the committee, which he chairs, had not spoken directly with the whistleblower prior to receiving an official whistleblower complaint. Subsequent revelations have shown this claim to be false.
“Have you heard from the whistleblower? Do you want to hear from the whistleblower?” interviewer Sam Stein asked Schiff.
“We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower. We would like to,” Schiff said.
On Wednesday, however, the New York Times reported that the whistleblower, believed to be a CIA officer, approached an aide on Schiff’s committee with concerns about President Donald Trump’s July phone conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. The aide told the whistleblower to follow the protocol for filing a whistleblower complaint, and to retain counsel.