My conjecture: Somebody *very* high up just rolled over on Donnie. But who?

[friendly_iconoclast]

Your thoughts...

[cilla4progress]

1. ???

???

[friendly_iconoclast]

5. "Rolled over" Dropped a dime, snitched, agreed to cooperate w/Congress...

We just might have a new Mark Felt

[dchill]

28. Ratted out, squealed, sang...

Like that. And I DO like that!

[cilla4progress]

29. Yes, but

what is OP referring to??? To obscure for me...

[gopiscrap]

34. that's what I was thinking last night

[scheming daemons]

2. Bolton.

[tanyev]

12. Say Yer Prayers, Ya Short-Fingered Galoot!

[WheelWalker]

3. Bolton.

[TruckFump]

6. Yep.

That would be my vote.

[Mike 03]

4. I'm sensing it's McConnell, but I'm probably wrong.

[friendly_iconoclast]

15. I think you might be on to something with that

Trump's allies are total nest of vipers-

I doubt very much Moscow Mitch is willing to go down with the S.S. Trump

[dawg day]

7. Why?

Do you think that the whistleblower is the biggie? I'm hoping for Coats.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. "Everyone thinks I'm this idiot. But nobody knows it was all just a big fakade."

"Mother, grab your knitting needles and let's go! We're moving to the White House!"

[TidalWave46]

13. .

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12500448

[friendly_iconoclast]

16. Maybe, but Pence won't stand a chance in '20. His rep as Trump's lapdog will stop him

[TidalWave46]

17. Agree. Was just having a little fun.

I'm sticking to my original thoughts on this one. The whistleblower is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

[Sherman A1]

33. He might not stand a chance, but

if that is the case and he believes that to be the case, this becomes his one shot at being President. Seems to provide motive to me.

[Mike 03]

9. Would Dan Coats not count? You mean his inner-innermost circle?

[struggle4progress]

10. My conjecture: there's an even worse story, making the rounds, which nobody wants publicized

[H2O Man]

19. +1

[WheelWalker]

26. That could well be the case. Having to execute a former President would indeed be awkward.

[The_jackalope]

39. Trump Modeling Agency fallout?

We can only wait and hope...

[cornball 24]

11. Bolton-just said that to my hubs.

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Some one from the State Department

with connections to the CIA.

[Captain Zero]

24. Honestly this reminded me, I have thought before,

What if Hunter Biden is a CIA operative, and his business is just his cover?

That would make the White House going after a CIA asset. If it were true.

[OAITW r.2.0]

32. Very interesting speculation!

If he were, I'll bet the CIA never clued Trump in on it. Republican administration's like to out NOCs.

[Wellstone ruled]

35. This whole Ukraine business

smells as rotten as can be. And it has been ripe for picking for a couple decades. We should not forget,the Ukraine Region is the Bread Basket of Eourpe as well as Russian Federation. Plus,all the Major Oil ad Gas Players have pipelines crossing the Ukraine into Eourpe with Germany being a major end user.


Politics and unscrupulous players are always circling around the Oil and Gas industry as well as the Agricultural Commodities.

[Pacifist Patriot]

40. Very important to remember!

[WheelWalker]

27. Are you suggesting Pompeo? That would be interesting.

[Wellstone ruled]

36. Don't think it is Pompeo.

He and Pence are End Timers waiting for the Rapture as well as Mother. Waiting for someone in Hillary's camp for the name.

[H2O Man]

18. Dan Coates

[scrabblequeen40]

20. Bolton gets my vote

He smelled foul play, and he jumped ship. Then he promptly threw a match back into heaping pile of shit.

[WheelWalker]

30. Yep. Bolton never saw a tinderbox that wasn't looking for a match.

[lame54]

21. You'd need a 4x4 to roll over Trump

[friendly_iconoclast]

23. Hah! Good one...

[C_U_L8R]

22. It could be any, or some, or all

Coats, Mattis, Tillerson, Bolton, Sessions. Kelly, Nielsen, Priebus, Flynn, Hicks... Anyone.

But probably not Sanders.

The list of possibilities is unbelievable. What a mess of an administration...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Trump_administration_dismissals_and_resignations

[friendly_iconoclast]

25. What a nest vipers they are!

[MFGsunny]

31. Dan Coats.

I think he checks all the mission-critical boxes PLUS he's a repub ... might explain Moscow Mitch's easy/quick success on unanimous consent yesterday.

We'll know soon enough.
To the whistleblower ::

[Pacifist Patriot]

37. This is a list of people who left the administration since the call.

From the Executive Office of the President and the intelligence community

• Director of Oval Office Operations - Madeleine Westerhout
• National Security Advisor - John Bolton
• Senior Director of Strategic Communications and Spokesperson for the National Security Council - Garrett Marquis
• Senior Director for Emerging Technologies of the National Security Council - William Happer
• Deputy National Security Advisor - Charles Kupperman (two days ago)
• White House Cabinet Secretary - Bill McGinley (just says July 2019)
• Director of National Intelligence - Dan Coats
• Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence - Susan Gordon

I'm thinking one of the above.

[mercuryblues]

38. Kelly is a good guess