Second Trump Whistleblower Comes Forward with First-Hand Information
A second whistleblower has comes forward, this one with first-hand information of the events that triggered an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump for alleged abuse of power, the informant's lawyer said Sunday.
"I can confirm this report of a second #whistleblower being represented by our legal team," Mark Zaid said on Twitter. "They also made a protected disclosure under the law and cannot be retaliated against. This WBer has first-hand knowledge."
Earlier Sunday, Zaid's co-counsel, Andrew Bakaj, said his firm and team "represent multiple whistleblowers" in the case accusing Trump of using the powers of his office to pressure Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
It was unclear whether Bakaj was using "multiple" to refer to more than two whistleblowers. Typically, several officials would listen in on a call between the president and a foreign leader.
The existence of a whistleblower claiming first-hand knowledge of the phone call would make it harder for the president and his supporters to dismiss the original complaint as hearsay.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden, now a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, has locked into a specific story about the controversy in Ukraine. He insists that, in spring 2016, he strong-armed Ukraine to fire its chief prosecutor solely because Biden believed that official was corrupt and inept, not because the Ukrainian was investigating a natural gas company, Burisma Holdings, that hired Biden's son, Hunter, into a lucrative job. There’s just one problem. Hundreds of pages of never-released memos and documents -- many from inside the American team helping Burisma to stave off its legal troubles -- conflict with Biden's narrative. from thehill.com
07 October 2019, 19:09
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It has to be said that the Democratic elite, which includes academia, much of Hollywood, and most of the news industry, is set upon self-destruction. Trump doesn't need to worry about a civil war. This "South" is driving itself down, seemingly on purpose. It is the political equivalent of Jonestown cyanide Kool-Aid, only without any physical violence, for which we must be grateful. The elite are challenging the party faithful to follow them down the rabbit hole into madness. Competing narratives: "King Lear" versus "No hiding place down here." We must be ready to talk as soon as they come up.
