President Trump Fights Back Against Partisan CIA Accuser With #FakeWhistleblower Hashtag

President Donald Trump is using his Twitter account Monday morning to fight back against the person secretly accusing him of wrongdoing over Ukraine with the hashtag, #FakeWhistleblower. The whistleblower complaint was based entirely on hearsay and news reports and was written, in the words of one GOP Congressman, like a Fusion GPS product (the firm behind the Hillary Clinton funded fake Russia dossier). The whistleblower was identified as a CIA officer who had been detailed to the White House and has since returned to the Agency. 

Trump also questioned the circumstances of reported recent changes to the Intelligence Community whistleblower form that dropped the requirement for firsthand knowledge for urgent concern status that took place in August when the gossip-based complaint was filed.

“Again, the President of Ukraine said there was NO (ZERO) PRESSURE PUT ON HIM BY ME. Case closed!”

“WHO CHANGED THE LONG STANDING WHISTLEBLOWER RULES JUST BEFORE SUBMITTAL OF THE FAKE WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT? DRAIN THE SWAMP!”

“#FakeWhistleblower”   

Lawyers for the whistleblower released a letter Sunday night addressed to DNI Maguire and copied to Congress accusing Trump of endangering the safety of their client and said steps have been taken by the federal government to protect the whistleblower.

Link to letter.

“The purpose of this letter is to formally notify you of serious concerns we have regarding our client’s personal safety. We appreciate your office’s support thus far to activate appropriate resources to ensure their safet

“The events of the past week have heightened our concerns that our client’s identity will be disclosed publicly and that, as a result, our client will be put in harm’s way. On September 26, 2019, the President of the United States said the following:

“I want to know who’s the person that gave the Whistleblower, who’s the person who gave the Whistleblower the information, because that’s close to a spy. You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart. Right? With spies and treason, right? We used to handle them a little differently than we do now.”

“The fact that the President’s statement was directed to “the person who gave the Whistleblower the information” does nothing to assuage our concerns for our client’s safety. Moreover, certain individuals a $50,000 “bounty” for “any information” relating to our client’s identity. Unfortunately we expect this situation to worsen, and to become even more dangerous for our client, and any other whistleblowers, as Congress seeks to investigate this matter.”

On Saturday, Trump posted a video explaining the fight for his presidency. 

They are trying to stop ME, because I am fighting for YOU! pic.twitter.com/xiw4jtjkNl

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2019

On Sunday, Trump demanded he be able to face his secret accuser, “Like every American, I deserve to meet my accuser, especially when this accuser, the so-called “Whistleblower,” represented a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way. Then Schiff made up what I actually said by lying to Congress……His lies were made in perhaps the most blatant and sinister manner ever seen in the great Chamber. He wrote down and read terrible things, then said it was from the mouth of the President of the United States. I want Schiff questioned at the highest level for Fraud & Treason…..In addition, I want to meet not only my accuser, who presented SECOND & THIRD HAND INFORMATION, but also the person who illegally gave this information, which was largely incorrect, to the “Whistleblower.” Was this person SPYING on the U.S. President? Big Consequences!”