Trump to diplomats: Whistleblower sources "close to" spies & spies used to be dealt with differently

[highplainsdem]

MSNBC reporting on this now, as I'm typing.

Earlier, tweets from Philip Rucker and Maggie Haberman:

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[hlthe2b]

1. What a truly evil SOB.

[highplainsdem]

2. He's set a new standard for truly evil SOBs.

[exboyfil]

3. And intimidating a lawful whistleblower

is also a crime. Do they have someone willing to testify to this statement?

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. That's not even a thinly veiled threat and constitutes another violation of the law.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-103/pdf/STATUTE-103-Pg16.pdf

A federal agency violates the Whistleblower Protection Act if agency authorities take (or threaten to take) retaliatory personnel action against any employee or applicant because of disclosure of information by that employee or applicant.

I'm going to assume a death threat is a retaliatory personnel action as that would be the ultimate termination from one's job.

[highplainsdem]

5. Brian Klaas: There is no bottom.

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[duforsure]

6. Congress needs to pass at once

Full protections on anyone involved, and no one can get their revenge after they expose corruption .he's likely going to use others to get revenge for him with.