Jeffrey Toobin: Yes, unmasking a whistleblower is illegal, it’s harassment

President Donald Trump and his allies are ramping up efforts to unmask the anonymous Ukraine whistleblower. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin and Laura Coates explain why whistleblower protections exist and what it means to have their identities revealed. #CNN #News

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    1. — > Let’s test Tubin’s claim:
      True or False: If the U.S. was a corporation like TrumpUSACorp .org, something like this (threatening a whistle-blower) would never happen.
      .

    1. @Wake Up
      seriously?
      3 years and multiple investigations later, and youre still prattling on?
      very small brain there dude
      very very small brain

    2. @Rod Allen
      The transcript is not a transcript at all.
      It’s a redacted, edited summary of a transcript of a phone call.
      And why was it moved to a highly classified server?

    3. @Merrilou Neigenfind lolol you keep telling yourself that are Bahrr, Durham,and Horowitz privide the proof of democrat interference in 2016 and the use of the fbi, cia, and the doj to undermind the president and try to set him up. It has to hurt to lose an election you were rigging lolololol. The truth will come out. And now in 2020 you won’t have all those people helping, Trump will win in a landslide. Popular vote and electoral college lololol. If he gets impeached it will be a bigger slap in the face because he won’t be removed. So he will be the first President to get impeached and re-elected lololol. You democrats are making him a martyr and a hero. Dumbasses lolololol.

  1. The whistleblower’s credibility is fantastic simply because everything he’s said about the call has been accurate.

    1. Spicy Meatball I wonder how that can be when the “whistleblower” said they were NOT on the call listening.

    2. @Don Williams Guess you’re going to keep ignoring the part about tRUMPs administration confirmed what the whistleblower said to be true. I’m starting to see that no tRUMP defender has common sense

    3. Don Williams So, you would have us believe that the whistleblower (who was honest about hearing the info second hand) reported a damaging false complaint to discredit the president—that, quite by coincidence, was confirmed by actual firsthand witnesses? What are the odds 😆

    1. Well he gave the proof of his crimes and gave a confession on live tv. He did blow the whistle on himself. And the other whistle blowers don’t matter anymore at this point. But to a narsisist there is nothing more annoying than not being able to attack your “enemy”…. to not control that person. Its about trump being mad someone didn’t obey him.

    1. @P. Hamilton Your POS Master Trump is a Leftist? Since he can not STFU about the Whistleblower. I wonder how your POS Master Trump feels that one of his good dumb sheep calls him a Leftist. You think he will drive a bus over you like the POS you are?

    2. @Dobs R Good, so what is this orange fool worried about? He’s got a solid legal defense…according to a moron like you.

      His actions are very telling, and they’re not actions that an innocent man would do.
      The orange turd is his own worst enemy.

    1. The whole story with every link needs to be engraved in stone, so that Trumpaholics have nowhere to hide from the truth.

    2. @mr smith Because he is the acting ‘president’ and is dividing our country, he has made a joke of the US around the world, and because he is so stupid and clueless, dictators are flattering/humoring him so they can act with impunity., which endangers us and our allies.

  2. It’s not only illegal and harassment, it’s also witness intimidation and defamation of character….something ttump lacks!

    1. Democrats “invented” Hypocrisy….and Harassment….and Defamation That’s all they’ve been doing since Nov. 2016…..you imbecile.

    2. susan galam But Dems and FAKE news media can call him a RACIST and every other IST or ISM known to man and it’s not defamation of character? WOW!

    1. TheToff What is more concerning is Trump seems to think if he can discredit the whistleblower, then the primary witnesses to the call (who corroborated the whistleblower) will magically go away.

    1. Johnny Wadd – Please go study the law, to the point that you understand more than Congress does, and THEN re-state your point with all of the supportung detail. I won’t hold my breath

    2. Yes, the president’s behavior is disgusting. You would think he was an all-around loser. He is. He perpetuates his bully behavior against anyone who disagrees with him. He CANNOT follow the law. Get him out.

    3. @P. Hamilton – “Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peace makers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country” Hermann Goering

  3. It matters not who the whistleblower likes or dislikes…his testimony must comport with other testimonies and the facts.

  4. It doesn’t really matter who the whistleblower is or what his motives where, the only thing that matters is if what he is claiming is true or not. Full stop.

    1. Right!? the message is out. The white house even released the quid pro quo comment by trump. Who said it is now irrelevant

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