General Discussion

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts) Tue Oct 1, 2019, 01:25 PM Oct 2019

FWIW, Grassley moves to stave off attacks on the whistleblower

Sen. Chuck Grassley says the fact that the whistleblower's
knowledge of Trump’s phone call and the White House restricting
records came secondhand should not invalidate his reporting

Link to tweet

Sen. Chuck Grassley moved to stave off attacks and the unmasking of a federal whistleblower who first divulged President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president, a move at odds with many of the president’s defenders.

In a statement, the Iowa Republican, who has long fashioned himself a defender of whistleblowers, said the fact that the individual’s knowledge of Trump’s phone call and the White House restricting records came secondhand should not invalidate his reporting.

14 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

FWIW, Grassley moves to stave off attacks on the whistleblower (Original Post) Leghorn21 Oct 2019 OP

Fuck him. W_HAMILTON Oct 2019 #1

Fuck him again Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #9

It's worth something positive, imo, elleng Oct 2019 #2

I'm with you. Mike 03 Oct 2019 #5

Agree. ooky Oct 2019 #13

It's a crack in the dam. blogslut Oct 2019 #3

he's going to leak the name himself to Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman NewJeffCT Oct 2019 #4

Who knows what they're up to. Good cop bad cop? njhoneybadger Oct 2019 #6

Cuckie and his Son scored big time Wellstone ruled Oct 2019 #7

F ! dweller Oct 2019 #8

He's trying to get us to agree to the term "second hand" lame54 Oct 2019 #10

It ... wasn't ... second ... hand ... Cosmocat Oct 2019 #11

He may have seen recent polls wildflower Oct 2019 #12

That worm will turn. He's found the opportune moment. Maru Kitteh Oct 2019 #14

W_HAMILTON

(7,867 posts)

1. Fuck him.

Reply to Leghorn21 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 01:26 PM

Oct 2019

His Judiciary Committee was probably the one that leaked the identity of Dr. Blasey Ford during the Kavanaugh hearings in an effort to scare her into withdrawing her allegations -- fuck him.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)

9. Fuck him again

Reply to W_HAMILTON (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 01:52 PM

Oct 2019

He also just backed another clinton investigation. Fuck him with a diseased dinosaur dick.

elleng

(130,964 posts)

2. It's worth something positive, imo,

Reply to Leghorn21 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 01:29 PM

Oct 2019

regardless of his past.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

5. I'm with you.

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 01:35 PM

Oct 2019

There was another instance over the past year where Grassley let it fly against Trump, maybe on China trade war. He's done a lot of crappy things, but he's one of the senate GOP I think is conflicted. There are a lot of enraged farmers in Iowa.