Things are about to get much worse for him…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) revealed on Tuesday that he may reveal the identity of the Ukraine whistleblower while speaking to a group of reporters and then doubled down on it later in the evening during an appearance on Fox News.
“I’m more than willing to, and I probably will at some point. … There is no law preventing anybody from saying the name,” Paul told reporters.
CNN reporter Suzanne Malveaux, apparently upset over the fact that Paul wanted transparency in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, aggressively confronted Paul over the issue.
“The whistleblower laws they protect the whistleblower,” Malveaux said. “You know it’s illegal to out a whistleblower?”
Paul immediately corrected her, saying, “Actually, you see you’ve got that wrong.”
“No, we don’t,” Malveaux falsely claimed as she became agitated.
Paul then proceeded to educate Malveaux on the laws surrounding the whistleblower.
Question: “The whistleblower laws protect the whistleblower. You know it’s illegal to out a whistleblower?”
Sen. @RandPaul: “Actually, you see you’ve got that wrong.” pic.twitter.com/60oFmtkF7G
— The Hill (@thehill) November 5, 2019
Paul later appeared on Fox News’ “Special Report” with host Bret Baier, who asked Paul: “I referenced that tweet moments ago, Andrew Bakaj, the whistleblower’s attorney, ‘If Congress and others do not protect my client’s anonymity, which my client is afforded by the law, not only does it jeopardize their safety, but it jeopardizes an entire system that took decades to build. It will destroy effective Congressional oversight for years to come.’ Your response to that?”
Paul responded, “You know, I don’t wish harm on anyone. I’ve been the victim of political violence not once, but twice. I was there at the ballfield when Steve Scalise was almost killed. A staff member was 10 feet from me, who was shot. I had six of my ribs broken by a hater of President Trump. So, I know what political violence is all about. I don’t want that, at all. But the report was — not correct, in the sense that the statute says the Inspector General can’t reveal the name. It says the president should enforce the law, but the person you quoted was disingenuous in what they were saying. The statute says the Inspector General can’t reveal the name. There’s nothing that prevents me from saying it now, other than that I wanted to be more about the process and less about the person. But there’s no law that prevents me from mentioning the name of who’s been said to be the whistleblower. But there’s also – ”
“But are you convinced you know?” Baier pressed.
“Yeah. And there’s something important, also. It’s called the Constitution. The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution says if you are going to accuse me of a crime, I get to stare you down in court,” Paul continued. “That is absolutely part of the Constitution. The statute might say one thing, but, I promise you, if there is a trial, you always get to confront your accuser. It’s in the Sixth Amendment. It’s in the Bill of Rights. There’s no way they can stop the defense from asking for that.”
“But I can [reveal the identity of the whistleblower] right now, if I want. Nothing stops me. There is no law that stops me from doing it, other than that I don’t want to make it about the one individual,” Paul continued. “But I would say this: I do think that this individual is a material witness to the potential Biden corruption. He was there under Joe Biden. He was there when Joe Biden was trying to fire the prosecutor that was in — that was investigating Hunter Biden. So, this person was a Ukrainian expert on the desk, at that time. I think he should be interviewed, not as the whistleblower, but as a material witness to the Biden corruption in Ukraine.”
Src: The Daily Wire
THIS IS ALL BS.
FIRST WE THE PEOPLE KNOW THE NAME OF THIS TRAITOR
HE IS ERIC CIARAMELLA, a maggot SPY WHO WORKED IN THE OBAMA WH,
AND STAYED AS A SPY !
HE IS NO WHISTLEBLOWER, JUST A PLANTED SOB DEEP STATE OPERATIVE.
I URGE AG BARR to insure SPECIAL COUNSEL DURHAM is already investigating
THIS EGREGIOUS TREASONOUS ACT AGAINST OUR LEGALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP BY A SPY PLANTED IN TO DESTROY HIM AND HIS GOVERNMENT.
INDICT THIS WEASEL FOR TREASON SEDITION HIGH CRIMES AND OTHER FELONIES.
THE ELITIST PRIG HAS NO WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION , HE WAS A PLANT AND CO-CONSPIRATOR OF PENCIL NECK ADAM SHIFTY SCHIFF.
Well said, my friend. Schiff and Pelosi are framing the president of the U. S. for something said and done by Obama and previous presidents. But reading the transcript myself, it is not clear AT ALL that he was trying to get Ukraine to investigate the Bidens to help him win the 2020 election. That’s ridiculous! First of all, BIDEN IS NOT HIS OPPONENT YET! He has not won the primary!!!!
We THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNUW WHO THIS PERSON IS. THE DE,OCRATS ARE WRONF AT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO US. ITS TIME THESE EARNING THERE PAY AND QUIT TRYING TO BRING OUR COUNTRY DOWN.
The impeachment sham is being exposed as a Shiff political impeachment set up and is falling apart as we speak now with Job Biden the presidential candidate being reduced to non presidential candidate allowing all the political wanna be ultra left wing liberal presidential candidates to take the lead; thus resulting and leaving the DNC in complete and total utter political disarray and unrecognizable chaos and confusion.
Quit saying “WHISTLE BLOWER” it is a LEAKER and THAT’S TREASON!!! I am of course talking about the ORIGINAL that HEARD the conversation SECOND HAND and was NOT on the call!!!!
Rand Paul is 100 percent correct and the MSM is, once again, all wrong, in this case, about the rights of “whistleblowers” or leakers and the rights of the accused in this great country. Worse, this leaker is not only NOT entitled to anonymity, he is a material witness in the Biden influence peddling and corruption case. The only thing that he is entitled to is a (long) prison sentence if he doesn’t testify accurately and yes he needs to confront those he is accusing. No passes here.
Tell us Americans the whistleblower name, we are entitled to know the names of all lying TERRORIST.
Paul put that bimbo in her place didn’t he? Kudos Paul!
I love Rand, He’s a stand up guy. The whistleblower should be called as a witness to Face President Trump.
I’m sure this “case” will disintegrate When it goes to that point
He is not a whistle blower, he got the information from the real whistle blower, he is a LEAKER and does not deserve any protection, he should come forth or go to prison!
The whole point no one ever mentions is that they are saying trump is going after a political rival if that were even true what are the Dems doing trying to take out the president their political opponent by any means necessary . Mirror and deflect .
All they are doing is trying to take him out before Durham and Barr takes them away in handcuffs that’s why they are so desperate and the MSM and the Dems and the rest of the rats been planning this coup since b4 he took oath . And still going !