Donald Trump has left traces of his illegality ALL over the place…..
His secrets are coming into the light of Congress and no matter how hard he tries?
Some will not stay covered up…
The Trump dam is leaking….
New potential whistleblowers are coming forward to the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, two congressional sources tell The Daily Beast.
They seem to be emboldened by the actions of the whistleblower whose explosive account of President Donald Trump’s phone call to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky about investigating Trump’s domestic political rivals ignited the impeachment inquiry. Another whistleblower is known to have come forward.
Congressional investigators are currently vetting the new accounts they’ve received for credibility. Accordingly, knowledgeable sources would not discuss where in the government these new would-be whistleblowers come from, nor what they purport to have to say.
It’s also unknown if their accounts are as significant as that of the intelligence whistleblower whose alarm over President Trump’s July 25 phone call sparked the impeachment probe. Investigators often encounter cranks as well as those with genuine knowledge of wrongdoing. Nor is it clear if these new ostensible whistleblowers have contacted any inspectors general, as the original two whistleblowers did.
“There are clearly numerous whistleblowers out there and many people who possess firsthand relevant information who could come forward, and I expect some will,” said attorney Mark Zaid, who represents those two whistleblowers (and also represents The Daily Beast in freedom-of-information lawsuits).
One knowledgeable source said that the daily accumulation of revelations about Trump’s willingness to use U.S. foreign relations for his personal political benefit has prompted more people to approach Congress….
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Gregory A. Brower, a former FBI assistant director for congressional affairs now in private practice at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, said that if the White House fired an employee for testifying, the employee might have some legal protection. Former employees, too, can essentially testify about whatever they want, as the White House has almost no way to punish them for it, he said.
“Let’s say they go up and they talk about conversations with the president and perhaps other things the administration might argue are privileged. There’s no remedy,” Brower said. “Unless we’re talking about improper disclosure of classified info., there’s no crime, there’s no contract.”…
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