I am sickened by the news that a $50,000 bounty has been placed on the head of the whistleblower. Two Trump supporters, controversial conservatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, are offering a $50,000 "bounty" for information about the whistleblower.And of course Trump is making it worse with his rhetoric. I pray for the safety of this brave person.
Theres more than a 50k bounty on the whistleblower's head. Thats just what we have heard about. Trump thinks he is a mafia boss and to exert his control and keep the fear going, he needs to make an example of the whistleblower, and any of his sources. That "treat spies like we used to" comment wasn't an empty threat. There are people now that want the person dead, and the second they testify before congress, some sniveling republican representative will turn the name over in a heartbeat looking for a good deal from Trump. If they testify, I fear they will pay a huge price, and if they dont, we will have a lot of details lost.
Move on.org has teamed up with a whistleblower protection non profit to collect donations to protect the whistleblower, to hire legal services and help the whistleblower achieve safety. I haven’t vetted it so I would advise doing that first.
@lenor, I hadn't heard that. How awful. That explains what I'd heard yesterday, i.e. the whistleblower was concerned because he/she felt threatened and wanted to be protected.
I encourage all of us to send protective light to the whistleblower, and to also pray for him when he's scheduled to testify before Congress.
Jeanne, thanks for the info about Moveon.org helping out.
Ques for everyone: isn't putting a bounty on the whistleblower obstruction? Can't Congress call foul?
That's not just obstruction, it's a felony. A verbal or written threat to do harm to a person is an actual crime, punishable by jail time. he House can't prosecute a president for making such threats, a federal court could, but then there's the DoJ policy about not indicting sitting presidents, so here we are.
Edit: Technically Twitler didn't issue the bounty call. It was issued by a couple of conservative wingnuts, so technically they could be prosecuted for obstruction but not a threat, as all they said was they want info leading to the person's identity. Again, Congress can't prosecute private citizens, only a court can.
My understanding is that the whistleblower is basically in witness protection. Even though we don't know who they are, enough people do so that they can't just be disappeared. Once they come out publicly to testify in Congress, it will have the dual effect of protection and increased risk of assassination by right wing nutbars.
I've seen extreme civil unrest (possibly war) coming for a long time now, but I'm not the most accurate. This could be a trigger.
I was going to answer about how it's more than obstruction, but Laura has done so already. Jacob Wohl is a joke, and he's not very bright. He's typically made fun of by the DC set. He and his partner Jack had arrest warrants for felonies issued earlier this month. See here.
As for the fundraiser for the whistleblower, the official one that I know of is located here.
Lindsay Graham turned on a dime from outspoken Anti-trumper to falling in line. Remember Trump gets dirt on everyone- and no one is perfect. T's an organized crime boss. Everyone is your friend when you have some way to expose them. Lindsay Graham was given a choice by Trump or by Mitch.
I was just watching a YouTube and in the middle of the video, a Trump ad popped up (he was in annoying form) but then 3/4 of the way through another Orange nightmare video popped up!! Just now- for the second time, Trump actually interrupted the video saying "tonight at 9pm my team will be bringing me a list of my supporters, I hope I see your name on that list!"... OMG it's like he is threatening everyone that they better support Him!!!!!!