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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Attacks Whistle-Blower's Sources and Alludes to Punishment for "Spies"
WASHINGTON President Trump on Thursday morning told a crowd of staff from the United States Mission to the United Nations that he wants to know who provided information to a whistle-blower about his phone call with the president of Ukraine, saying that whoever did so was close to a spy and that in the old days, spies were dealt with differently.
The remark stunned people in the audience, according to a person briefed on what took place, who had notes of what the president said. Mr. Trump made the statement about several minutes into his remarks before the group of about 50 people at the event intended to honor the United States Mission. At the outset, he condemned the former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.s role in Ukraine at a time when his son Hunter Biden was on the board of a Ukrainian energy company.
Mr. Trump repeatedly referred to the whistle-blower and condemned the news media reporting on the complaint as crooked. He then said the whistle-blower never heard the call in question.
I want to know whos the person who gave the whistle-blower the information because thats close to a spy, Mr. Trump said. You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart with spies and treason, right? We used to handle it a little differently than we do now.
The remark stunned people in the audience, according to a person briefed on what took place, who had notes of what the president said. Mr. Trump made the statement about several minutes into his remarks before the group of about 50 people at the event intended to honor the United States Mission. At the outset, he condemned the former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.s role in Ukraine at a time when his son Hunter Biden was on the board of a Ukrainian energy company.
Mr. Trump repeatedly referred to the whistle-blower and condemned the news media reporting on the complaint as crooked. He then said the whistle-blower never heard the call in question.
I want to know whos the person who gave the whistle-blower the information because thats close to a spy, Mr. Trump said. You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart with spies and treason, right? We used to handle it a little differently than we do now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/us/politics/trump-whistle-blower-spy.html
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Trump Attacks Whistle-Blower's Sources and Alludes to Punishment for "Spies" (Original Post)
PA Democrat
Sep 2019
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Implicitly, but also threatened the people who gave the WB the information.
Pacifist Patriot
Sep 2019
#11
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)1. Banana Republic
vlyons
(10,252 posts)2. He just can't keep his damn mouth shut
He constantly reveals the darkness of his mind with every utterance.
duforsure
(11,882 posts)3. Threats and intimidation
Exposes him even more he knew what he did was very illegal, and he threatens abuse of his powers again for his revenge again those that talked. How mob like he is.
MontanaMama
(23,242 posts)4. Did the pResident threaten the whistle blower
publicly? Is this a crime?
Pacifist Patriot
(24,647 posts)11. Implicitly, but also threatened the people who gave the WB the information.
Yes, it's a crime. It violates The Whistle Blower Act which prohibits retaliation.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)5. Still obstructing.
Jersey Devil
(9,863 posts)6. A thinly veiled death threat to anyone who has any ideas of providing info
Just when you think he cannot go any lower, he does.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)7. Concrete Overcoats for All! Pronto!
Man the firing squads!
Cha'! The Master Bloviator.
Does he know what they used to do with dictators when they were overthrown? Oh, the examples one can site.
gelsdorf
(240 posts)8. Dawn Orangeleone n/t
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)9. add yet another Article of Impeachment
The Dumbest Don is threatening to rub out the snitches.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)10. He's got a problem then, because it wasn't one person
But "more than half a dozen" according to the complaint.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)12. VA Congressman Don Beyer's take - it was a death threat.