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.
Trump says he’s “trying to find out” about the whistleblower pic.twitter.com/ZvglgcBRk3
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) September 30, 2019
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.
IC WB UPDATE: The Intel Community Whistleblower is entitled to anonymity. Law and policy support this and the individual is not to be retaliated against. Doing so is a violation of federal law.
— Andrew P. Bakaj (@AndrewBakaj) September 30, 2019
Who was it in another thread likened Trump’s defense to reloading his shotgun and blowing off yet another piece of his leg?
Dear god, he’s an idiot.
Threatening the whistleblower is another obstruction of justice count.
This is your President Republicans
Vindictive evil lawbreaker
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.
Benito Mussolini would be proud, but look what happened to him…