Attorney: There are other whistleblowers

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

The attorney representing the whistleblower whose complaint ignited the current firestorm over President Donald Trump’s phone call with the president of the Ukraine tweeted Sunday that he is representing other whistleblowers.

“IC WHISTLEBLOWER UPDATE: I can confirm that my firm and my team represent multiple whistleblowers in connection to the underlying August 12, 2019, disclosure to the Intelligence Community Inspector General. No further comment at this time,” Andrew P. Bakaj (@AndrewBakaj) tweeted Sunday morning.

The original whistleblower remains unidentified.

Bakaj, a former State Department employee, is paired with Mark Zaid in representing that person. They are partners at Compass Rose Legal Group, a Washington firm specializing in security issues.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/06/trump-whistleblower-ukraine-attorney-031823

[Maeve]

1. MULTIPLE whistleblowers

[Igel]

9. I read it this way.

The original whistleblower reported mostly hearsay.

When he testifies, unless he says the source of his hearsay so it can be checked out, reasonable people will say, "Yes, but it's still just hearsay. He reports on a dozen things he heard rumors of. Unless they're confirmed, they're still rumors."

That means he'll have to say who said what.

It's also backing up a colleague. If they didn't come forward and confirm what he said, they'd be throwing him under the bus. The whistleblower report sounds like there's a fairly close-knit community sharing information on more than a need-to-know basis. Solidarity would be pushing them to come forward and back up their colleague.

Either way--having their names told as the result of testimony to avoid having the report tossed on grounds of credible but intentionally not verifiable ("credible" doesn't mean "true&quot , or their coming forward to back their coworker--would leave them exposed. There's no protection under those two scenarios. Ultimately, they want to speak freely and control their story, anonymously, if possible, and minimize the risk to themselves. Details like "the whistleblower is a registered Democrat" would be unhelpful.

Coming forward as a whistleblower provides a guarantee (real or fiction) of anonymity. Part of me suspects that Schiff's office told the original whistleblower, when he spoke with them prior to filing his report, to file his report for the protection and because of the path the paperwork would have to take. The initial report he filed with the CIA would have routinely been forwarded to the president's office--no protection there, and the report could easily dead end and be behind a wall of classificational silence.

[DeminPennswoods]

15. The IG said the original whistleblower did have first knowledge

of some of the events, meaning the complaint is not all "hearsay" or "second hand" information.

[Maeve]

18. When what is reported is backed up, it's not just "hearsay"

We have (some of) the text of the conversation and it backs up what was alleged. I say "some of" altho tRump says it's "verbatim" and many is the man who cut his throat with his own tongue.

They will say what they will say--but it won't make it true. I read multiple to mean more than two, so here's hoping the flood gates are creaking open!

[DeminPennswoods]

16. Multiple means more than two, but jmho.

nt

[bcbink]

2. should shiver some timbers nt

[lkinwi]

3. Hallelujah!

[Guilded Lilly]

4. May the sounds of whistles implode the rooms of The White House.

[dewsgirl]

5. If it's what you say, I love it.

[Perseus]

7. Don Jr. Is that you?

Only kidding

[dewsgirl]

8. 😆

[getagrip_already]

6. all they seem to have is....

If trump did it, it's not against the law, and if anyone else did it at his direction, it still isn't against the law.

A cheesy little game of gotcha. Look, SQUIRREL!!!!!

[duforsure]

10. Which means trump will

Abuse his powers trying to intimidate others from coming forward using Barr and others to threaten them with. This exposes they're conspiring to obstruct justice, and trump will make more false claims lying to attack them with. Many, many more will come forward to expose all these criminals working to protect the biggest criminal Donnie the criminal trump, and these people trying to corrupt our government ,and protecting him will be facing their own trials for what they've criminally done. People around trump will be going to prison, and have no one to blame but themselves siding with someone so corrupt, and dishonest.

[Scarsdale]

14. I would like to know why

people protect tRump? He is a sleazy con man, devoid of any human principles. The people protecting him are traitors to this country as far as I am concerned. They should ALL be charged. Barr, Pompeo, Pence, Rudy, Moscow Mitch, Graham and the scum working in the WH. Mulvaney and Miller. What is in it for them, protecting a sub-human "thing" like tRump?

[gibraltar72]

11. The laxative is working.

[Mr.Bill]

12. If they're all CIA people

the white house will just say it's a treasonous CIA conspiracy to overthrow the government.

[FakeNoose]

13. This is what we've been waiting for

It's pile-on time!

[CountAllVotes]

17. +1,000+++++

n/t !!

& recommend!!

[SaulofTucson]

19. Hard to accept that Politico is still referring to "the Ukraine" (nt)