Donald Trump Jr. tweets name of alleged CIA whistleblower
For weeks, these two words have been the biggest “open secret” in America — but media organisations have refused to utter them.
By AP and staff writers
November 07, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - President Donald Trump is blasting the media for not reporting the name of a person who has been identified in conservative circles as the whistleblower who spurred the impeachment inquiry. Yet Mr Trump has carefully avoided using the name himself.
And, despite wanting the name to be disclosed, Mr Trump sees some benefits to keeping it secret. The anonymity makes it easier for Mr Trump to undermine the credibility of the person behind the complaint as well as the complaint itself, according to three officials and Republicans close to the White House not authorised to publicly discuss private conversations. It also allows him to bash the media for supposedly protecting the whistleblower.
In recent weeks, a name has circulated in conservative media of a man said to be the whistleblower. The president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., on Wednesday tweeted a link to a story on the Breitbart website that used the name. He also included the name in his tweet.
The entire media is #Triggered that I (a private citizen) tweeted out a story naming the alleged whistleblower. Are they going to pretend that his name hasn’t been in the public domain for weeks now? Numerous people & news outlets including Real Clear Politics already ID’d him. https://t.co/bcamyTaXP3
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 6, 2019
“Everyone knows who he is. CNN knows. The Washington Post knows. The New York Times knows. Congress knows. The White House knows. Even the president knows who he is,” former CIA analyst Fred Fleitz told the RealClearInvestigations website, which last week identified the whistleblower. “They’re hiding him,” he added. “They’re hiding him because of his political bias.”
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