Trump: ‘We’re Trying To Find Out About A Whistleblower’

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Though President Donald Trump has long railed against the unknown whistleblower, he made a marked rhetorical shift Monday when he started characterizing attempts to unmask the person as an actively ongoing process.

“We’re trying to find out about a whistleblower,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.

The whistleblower’s lead attorney, Andrew Bakaj, sent a letter to acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire Saturday underscoring the danger his client would be in, should he be identified. One portion of the letter directly cited Trump’s words, when he alluded to violent treatment of those who committed “treason.”

Bakaj tweeted Monday as Trump was speaking.

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  1. Who was it in another thread likened Trump’s defense to reloading his shotgun and blowing off yet another piece of his leg?

  2. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    Dear god, he’s an idiot.

    Threatening the whistleblower is another obstruction of justice count.

  3. This is your President Republicans
    Vindictive evil lawbreaker

  4. He also accused Adam Schiff of fabricating the whistleblower transcript, of making stuff up out of thin air based on a “perfect” conversation 45 had with Zelensky. Galloping, barking lunacy.

  5. Benito Mussolini would be proud, but look what happened to him…

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