Schiff Acted Like He Didn’t Know What Was In Whistleblower Complaint; A NYT Report Suggests He Did

• The New York Times reports that Rep. Adam Schiff was given some details of a whistleblower’s allegations against President Donald Trump before a complaint was filed.
• That revelation raises new questions for Schiff, who strongly implied in interviews over the past several weeks that he did not know the substance of the complaint.
• Schiff also said that he might not have known about the complaint if not for a letter from the Intelligence Community Inspector General (IC IG). But according to The Times, Schiff’s staff referred the whistleblower to the IC IG in the first place.

In the days leading up to last week’s release of a whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff implied that he was unaware of the substance of the allegations in the document, which centered on Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine’s president.

But a report from The New York Times on Wednesday raises news questions about Schiff’s claims.

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