Eric Ciaramella
There, said it. Is that illegal?If he's not the so-called whistle-blower, I'd like him to deny it publicly.
Posted on 11/06/2019 9:23:28 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump's son published on Wednesday the name of the alleged anonymous whistleblower whose complaint fired the impeachment inquiry against Trump, breaking strict conventions for protecting officials who reveal wrongdoing in government.
Amid calls by the president himself to expose the whistleblower, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted the name of a CIA analyst which has circulated online for weeks, and linked to a Breitbart news article implying the person was pro-Democrat and anti-Trump.
AFP could not independently verify the whistleblower's identity and is not publishing the name.
But the revelation by the president's son comes as the White House seeks to discredit the mounting impeachment effort in Congress against Trump, painting it as driven by politics.
"There is no Whistleblower. There is someone with an agenda against Donald Trump," the president tweeted on Monday.
Standing beside Trump at a political rally in Kentucky Monday, Republican Senator Rand Paul threatened to expose the person and demanded they testify in Congress.
"We also now know the name of the whistleblower... I say tonight to the media, do your job and print his name."
Andrew Bakaj, the whistleblower's lawyer, would not confirm or deny the reported name, but said Trump Jr. and others were endangering the person as well as the system built to protect whistleblowers.
"Identifying any name for the whistleblower will simply place that individual and their family at risk," he told AFP.
"It won't, however, relieve the president of the need to address the substantive allegations, all of which have been substantially proven to be true."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Obviously he has bigger balls than Rand Paul.
BTTT
No political backlash since he’s not in government - good move.
Some of the MSM won’t publish (yet), but it’s out there and it will get into the public domain.
We need to start showing up in football crowds wearing a rainbow wig and holding a sign with the guy’s name.
Exactly. He’s as free to utter the name as you, me, the NYT, Hannity, etc.
I love it. He want’s in on the action. Fine by me. This is war.
“It won’t, however, relieve the president of the need to address the substantive allegations, all of which have been substantially proven to be true.”
Proven in your Star Chamber? I don’t think so. We don’t accept the process. I know that Pelosi et al don’t care, but they will be made to care.
Where have we heard this before?
Valerie Plame
The pretend spy was dug up to attack the GOP with a fake story.
1) It’s not a secret.
2) It’s not protected.
3) He’s not a whistleblower.
It’s cute how everybody pretends we don’t know who the whistleblower is like they still pretend the Kenyan from Indonesia was eligible to be President.
No political backlash since he’s not in government - good move.
Good observation. But more than that - they can’t make a big deal about this without backtracking on their defense of Hunter Biden as a “non-player” in the Ukraine dealings.
Even Trump’s son is an expert troller.
It would have been more effective if Don Jr. had put the parenthesis around "Alleged"
But that's just nitpicking on my part.
DT2 is a scoundrel just like his dad. :)
I seee Yahoo is still lying daily
“AFP could not independently verify the whistleblower’s identity and is not publishing the name.”
Yep, they all give accusations against Trump the same care. Yes sir.
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