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Judi Lynn

(160,554 posts)
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:36 PM Feb 2020

Trump Admin Braces for New Whistleblower Controversy


by Colin Kalmbacher | 4:11 pm, February 10th, 2020

A newly-reported whistleblower complaint could spell a new round of trouble for the Trump administration—this time on the subject of environmental protection.

On October 4, 2019, a five-year veteran employee with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) filed “a sweeping whistleblower complaint” which was subsequently obtained by Politico and Type Investigations. The allegations contained in that complaint are shocking and, if true, reveal a newfound culture of lawlessness and exploitation of public lands in service of hardly-masked profit and greed.

The outlets’ joint reporting notes:

[T]he Battle Mountain [BLM] office [in Nevada] has repeatedly disregarded its own environmental rules and regulations to fast-track permits on public land. The historic antipathy toward federal oversight common to this region,combined with a presidential administration that has announced its hostility to decades of environmental law, has left public lands especially vulnerable.

This time the whistleblower has come forward publicly. His name is Dan Patterson and he’s one of the limited environmental protection specialists who works in the Western region. His complaint details a BLM rife with abusive and profit-oriented practices which, he claims, also happen to run afoul of internal agency rules and federal law.

More:
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-admin-braces-for-new-whistleblower-controversy/
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Trump Admin Braces for New Whistleblower Controversy (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2020 OP
Not at all surprising. He couldn't give two wanks Phoenix61 Feb 2020 #1
Fantastic!! I just found his twitter account, so all you tweeters can say hey, Dan! Leghorn21 Feb 2020 #2
Thanks for this. Very much appreciated, Leghorn. 👍 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 #16
Thanks for link burrowowl Feb 2020 #20
The drumpf criminals will continue their rape and pillage of the environments democratisphere Feb 2020 #3
Im 100% convinced Squidly Feb 2020 #21
After the gold was absconded with, drumpf would have his mug democratisphere Feb 2020 #23
Naaaa.... Squidly Feb 2020 #24
Don't even want to think about that image with obese drumpf. democratisphere Feb 2020 #25
Sorry for the visual!! Squidly Feb 2020 #26
A synapse backlash erased it from my mind. democratisphere Feb 2020 #27
So it would go from "Crazy Horse" to "Crazy Ass". nt woodsprite Feb 2020 #30
Link to the underlying reporting: Mersky Feb 2020 #4
A lot of work went into that report. Looking forward to reading the whole article. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2020 #17
Was glad you posted it Mersky Feb 2020 #19
trDump handles whistle blowers like he handles business litigants and date rape victims from,... magicarpet Feb 2020 #5
It's an honor to be targeted by the con. You must have done something right - which he abhors. erronis Feb 2020 #22
Every single person on that list Scarsdale Feb 2020 #31
Waiting for the BLM to Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #6
This is the first President we've ever had that is actually "anti-environment" world wide wally Feb 2020 #7
For him... 2naSalit Feb 2020 #14
Schumer stepped up and framed the law to the rest of our government. A great thing. ancianita Feb 2020 #8
+1. yonder Feb 2020 #9
why isn't the MSM reporting on this??? Takket Feb 2020 #10
They rarely step into the environment fray.. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author cilla4progress Feb 2020 #11
K&R mountain grammy Feb 2020 #12
You couldn't possibly think tRump is getting kickbacks from this, could you? Stonepounder Feb 2020 #13
Greenwald and Snowden were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #18
....... revmclaren Feb 2020 #28
There was also one on Trump and Pence's tax audits. What happened to that? Frustratedlady Feb 2020 #29

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)
1. Not at all surprising. He couldn't give two wanks
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:43 PM
Feb 2020

for the environment. I wonder how many more whistle blower complaints are going to come out. I’m hoping for a something akin to Niagara Falls.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
2. Fantastic!! I just found his twitter account, so all you tweeters can say hey, Dan!
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:49 PM
Feb 2020
#Whistleblower puts #Nevada BLM’s chummy industry relationships in the spotlight





ALSO, another whistleblower has drawn attention to 100% BOGUS funding of anti-trafficking “organizations”:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2431573

Thank you, Judi!!

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
3. The drumpf criminals will continue their rape and pillage of the environments
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:50 PM
Feb 2020

until they are removed from office. The insatiable greed
of this administration is unconscionable.

Squidly

(783 posts)
21. Im 100% convinced
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 08:06 PM
Feb 2020

If someone found gold inside Mt Rushmore, tRump would grant a permit to blow it up as long as he or his cronies would profit from it.

Squidly

(783 posts)
24. Naaaa....
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 08:14 PM
Feb 2020

He would just have the Crazy Horse monument redone to have his face and fake fit body riding the horse like Putin has done in some of his paintings....

Judi Lynn

(160,554 posts)
17. A lot of work went into that report. Looking forward to reading the whole article. Thank you. n/t
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:37 AM
Feb 2020

magicarpet

(14,155 posts)
5. trDump handles whistle blowers like he handles business litigants and date rape victims from,...
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 11:08 PM
Feb 2020

.... his colorful past.

He threatens them, then shames them, then lodges suit against them, and then he totally destroys them.

If any whistle blowers come forward with wrong doing before the 2020 national election it will be miracle.

Look at all the people trDump has trashed and smeared with mud - this guy is a sick vindictive asshole.

HR Clinton
Former attorney Cohen
Comey
McCabe
Yates
Strzok
Page
Brennan
Sessions
Yovanovitch
Sondland
Vindman

Many many more....

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
31. Every single person on that list
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 08:15 AM
Feb 2020

has more integrity, higher ethics, decency, intelligence and honesty than the entire gop COMBINED. Roger Stone is the weasel faced representative of the gop now. He should have been in prison long ago. I wonder why Mueller and more of the team that investigated the Russian involvement have not come forward, supporting their colleagues?

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. Waiting for the BLM to
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 11:29 PM
Feb 2020

violate our mining claim and say it is invalid. Our claim fees have been paid in full for the last six years,and our next claim renewal in in June. Understand that the new fee might be five or more times as much. The Feds have been wanted we small Claim (private)Claim holders out and by raising our fees to some ridiculous amount that the Hobby prospectors would just say to hell with it and some mega mining company would just pick up a group of parcels at a fire sale price.

world wide wally

(21,746 posts)
7. This is the first President we've ever had that is actually "anti-environment"
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 11:30 PM
Feb 2020

He treats the environment like it is his enemy.

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)
15. They rarely step into the environment fray..
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 01:13 AM
Feb 2020

Someone has been holding that back, wonder who that might be?

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

mountain grammy

(26,626 posts)
12. K&R
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 12:46 AM
Feb 2020

My suck up Senator Gardner has been trying to move the BLM headquarters to Colorado. I can see him being involved in this. We’ll vote him out in November.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
13. You couldn't possibly think tRump is getting kickbacks from this, could you?
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 12:54 AM
Feb 2020

You couldn't possibly think that Barr would shut down any FBI investigation into these allegations, could you?

You couldn't possibly think that a Federal agency would work against the Citizenry, could you?

Nah, it is all the Democrats fault, right?


Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
29. There was also one on Trump and Pence's tax audits. What happened to that?
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 08:38 PM
Feb 2020

Supposedly, there was some interference or finagling being suggested or being done.

Sec. Mnuchin? He seems to have had something to do with blocking it. Is he connected to the IRS, too?

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