Trump Allies Ramp Up Efforts to Unmask Whistleblower

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON—Some Republican lawmakers want to out the whistleblower whose complaint set off the impeachment inquiry and are amplifying articles in conservative media outlets that assert theories about the person’s identity.

In recent days, several conservative publications have named a person they speculate is the whistleblower. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and a handful of other Republican lawmakers have shared links on Twitter to those articles.

The Wall Street Journal and others have previously reported the whistleblower was a Central Intelligence Agency officer.

President Trump and his allies have continued to question the individual’s motives and suggested he is part of a partisan effort to topple the Trump presidency. Republican lawmakers have said the public has a right to know the person’s identity.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-allies-ramp-up-efforts-to-unmask-whistleblower/ar-AAJKIEd?li=BBnb7Kz

One thing's for certain. The whistleblower is not a part of the derp state.

[RockRaven]

1. That might have worked in the early days, just like smearing Steele might have worked

before the Mueller investigation got going -- but once it did, Mueller either had the evidence or he didn't and that's what people reacted to (despite the desperate efforts of Trumpists to make it about Steele and/or PapaDerp).

But by now it is too late to make it about the whistleblower. Dozens of eyewitnesses are going to be deposed by House committees, and smearing the whistleblower is irrelevant to that mountain of eyewitness testimony.

[dem4decades]

2. They always look to create a perceived enemy. Then they can attack them, instead of defending

The indefensible.

[UTUSN]

3. K&R

[pat_k]

4. Where's the OLC?

https://osc.gov/Agency

They should be moving to prosecute all those currently making threats. Starting with Trump.