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While Democrats and the left leaning media have gone nuts over the idea of releasing the name of the whistleblower - House Intelligence Committee Chairman, Adam Schiff just did it by accident. While releasing a transcript of US Diplomat William Taylor's testimony, Schiff didn't redact the name of the whistleblower. In the transcript, you will see that the whistleblower's name is Eric Ciaramella.
Here are some facts about Eric Ciaramella:
1. He is a registered Democrat
2. He worked for President Obama
3. He worked for Vice-President Joe Biden
4. He worked for CIA Director John Brennan
5. Vocal critic of President Trump
6. Helped initiate the Russian Collusion Hoax
7. He was fired from the NSC in 2017 for leaks and returned to the CIA
The whistleblower for the Trump Impeachment case is alleged to be Eric Ciaramella, a career CIA Agent. He was the Ukraine Director on the NSC during the end of the Obama Administration and remained there during the early months of the Trump Administration, when he was briefly Acting Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs. Ciaramella was central to the Obama administration's Ukraine policy including the eventual signing of the $1B US loan guarantee. Joe Biden later threatened the previous president to fire the prosecutor who was leading an investigation into Burisma Holdings, where his son, Hunter was on it's board, bringing in a $50,000+ each month.
Eric Ciaramella filed a whistleblower complaint about the call with Pres. Trump and Pres. Zelensky that he never heard. Almost everything Ciaramella alleged in his complaint has been proven to be false. After a month of close-door meetings, Adam Schiff has now decided that his whistleblower doesn't need to testify because he has sworn affidavits that prove that Trump performed a Quid Pro Quo. While Republicans can see no evidence of any illegal acts by Trump during that call, they now want the whistleblower to testify. Adam Schiff has stated that he would let the Whistleblower answer written questions but does not want him to testify. Who do you think will answer those questions? Adam Schiff of course. Republicans do not want written questions.
Eric Ciaramella's lawyer, Mark Zaid, is a committed Democrat. He stated right after Donald Trump was sworn in that there will be an impeachment of President Donald Trump, and about a month later said "that a coup has started", and that there will be a rebellion to impeach Trump. Both Eric Ciaramella and Mark Zaid, have been life long democrats and after working for Obama, Biden and Brennan, they are clearly biased against Trump. Call your representatives and make Eric Ciaramella testify openly before the whole committee!
Mary Finley
Mineral Point, WI
(Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Dodgeville Chronicle)