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Poiuyt

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22. Revenge and intimidation of future whistleblowers

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 06:06 PM

Oct 2019

Frankly the whistleblower has become irrelevant to these proceedings since everything has been corroborated elsewhere (including the WH's "transcript" of the phone call).

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How does outing the whistleblower helpful to republicans...? [View all] pbmus Oct 2019 OP

It creates a real safety risk to him, as well as public verbal attacks, thus discoraging tblue37 Oct 2019 #1

Thanks pbmus Oct 2019 #2

Isn't it illegal? SoonerLib Oct 2019 #3

Of course, but so is most of what this administration & it's enablers does. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #21

Yep EndlessWire Oct 2019 #23

They want to attack them the way they did Steele bigbrother05 Oct 2019 #4

They can better smear the WB if they know her/his identity. fleur-de-lisa Oct 2019 #5

Discredit whistleblower to discredit the allegations. enough Oct 2019 #6

I think public hearings cannot come soon enough.. pbmus Oct 2019 #8

Also, just the threats of outing this person amount to witness intimidation. GoCubsGo Oct 2019 #13

they will go into his/her past and try to destroy them. that's how they roll. spanone Oct 2019 #7

If they find out he/she once had ... Whiskeytide Oct 2019 #9

😂 LoL pbmus Oct 2019 #12

So they can do oppo research to completely destroy his character BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #10

It's a threat to others. They know how deep Phoenix61 Oct 2019 #11

It is what trump wants Andy823 Oct 2019 #14

It shuts them (all whistleblowers) up -- same as they do to their rape victims. PSPS Oct 2019 #15

How did Frank Pantangili's suicide help Michael Corleone? maxrandb Oct 2019 #16

Destroy the messenger. kentuck Oct 2019 #17

Honestly,it would Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #18

Because Donny is a vindictive POS who might praise them in a news cycle if they out him. tanyev Oct 2019 #19

Their bosses' master, PUtin, very badly wants to know? lark Oct 2019 #20

Revenge and intimidation of future whistleblowers Poiuyt Oct 2019 #22

That's all they've got? Generic Brad Oct 2019 #24