from True Pundit:

Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is touting a whistleblower complaint from a Department of Homeland Security official who he accused just last month of potentially lying to Congress about the agency’s intelligence-gathering activities.

On Wednesday, Schiff released a whistleblower complaint filed by Brian Murphy, the former acting under secretary for intelligence and analysis, who claimed that senior DHS officials and the White House pressured him to alter intelligence reports regarding Russian interference in the 2020 election as well as about Antifa’s involvement in social justice protests.

Murphy claimed in his complaint that he was demoted on Aug. 1 because he questioned DHS leaders’ requests that he alter intelligence reports.

Schiff said in a statement on Wednesday that Murphy’s complaint “outlines grave and disturbing allegations that senior White House and Department of Homeland Security officials improperly sought to politicize, manipulate, and censor intelligence in order to benefit President Trump politically.”

“This puts our nation and its security at grave risk,” he said.

Schiff’s comments mark an about-face for the Democrat.

Schiff’s got a new “whistleblower.”

Here’s the kicker:

Five weeks ago, Schiff told the New York Times that the same “whistleblower” already lied to his congressional committee.

Like the #impeachment “whistleblower,” Schiff can’t keep his story straight.https://t.co/ywGPBUBWAV

— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 10, 2020

He said in a statement on Aug. 3 that he was “concerned” that Murphy “provided incomplete and potentially misleading information to Committee staff” regarding the DHS intelligence and analysis branch’s intelligence-gathering activities related to protests in Portland and other cities.

The Washington Post reported on July 30 that Murphy’s division circulated intelligence reports that cited information about a New York Times journalist and Benjamin Wittes, a fellow at the Brookings Institution.

The New York Times reported on Aug. 1 that Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf reassigned Murphy to a management role.

Schiff did not address whether he still believes Murphy lied to the committee. His office did not respond to a request for comment.

Murphy’s lawyers called the Post story “significantly flawed” in the whistleblower complaint.

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