Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, has subpoenaed the AP to turn over the names of sources who provided the outlet with hacked emails that served as the foundation for recent articles about him, according to a Tuesday Politico report.
The AP reportedly intends to fight the subpoena, which requests extensive information about the sources, as well as details about how the outlet obtained the hacked emails.
Per Politico, though AP is not alone in publishing pieces based on the emails, Broidy is going after it in particular because its reporters have taken great pains to obscure the identity of the sources, even providing Broidy with printouts of the received hacked emails rather than the original PDFs, which are trackable.
The AP published a report Monday using the hacked emails which details Broidy’s work to undermine Qatari influence in Washington in favor of Saudi Arabian and Emirati interests, an effort which included private conversations with Trump.
Per Politico, this subpoena is part of a larger lawsuit against the government of Qatar, which Broidy accuses of hacking his emails, and Republican operative Nick Muzin with his firm Stonington Strategies, who Broidy accuses of disseminating the emails.
Every damn day it’s a new attack against democracy.
Its more like the fable of the dutch boy trying to stop the dyke from leaking by plugging all the holes with his fingers…till he runs out of fingers.
They are imploding, and by and large, their response is pretty consistently to try and make people shut up. Whether it be Trump trying to discredit the media, Broidy suing the AP, the WH demanding to know who leaked the comment about McCain (so they can fire them), or freaking out and demanding the name of informants informing against them…its all the tactics of desperation and guilt. And it won’t end well for any of them.
They are skating on thin ice, always have been, and the cracks and holes are opening up beneath their feet. Its a little aggravating watching it real time, but it should be clear where this is going.
As an example…Broidy really doesn’t want to be drawing more attention to himself, especially not from an organization like the AP. Its inviting investigations into his alleged affair and whether or not he is acting as a cover to hide Trump paying a Playboy bunny off to get an abortion.
Someone needs to call Roto-Rooter. The drain in the swamp is clogged.
Ignorant Prick
We’re coming after you and when we find out where all that Russian cash was distributed there will be a nice cell waiting for you.
We know this is why you are sooooo afraid of Mueller
Hacked emails will be the least of your worries "Mr. Fundraiser "
I remember as a kid riding the Tilt-a-Wheel at the fair. I never got an explanation, but it ran on and on, seemingly forever, as if the attendant left for lunch or something. Concerned onlookers gaped, parents panicked. Some kids vomited when it finally stopped.
Looking back it now reminds me of the Trump administration.