Rand Paul: 'We deserve to know' identity of Trump whistleblower

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said this week that the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump should "come forward," given the fallout from their complaint.

"Ultimately, if someone's going to accuse you of something that's going to bring down a presidency, I think we deserve to know who that person is," Paul told reporters in Kentucky on Tuesday.

"I think there are reasons to have whistleblower statutes, and have anonymity. But if you're accusing somebody of something with the ramifications of impeachment, I think really the person ought to come forward," he added.

Paul's comments come as President Trump has doubled down publicly on his demand to know the identity of the whistleblower behind the growing controversy over Trump's interactions with Ukraine. The New York Times reported last week that the individual is a male CIA agent.

Trump, asked on Monday if he knows the person's identity, told reporters that the White House is "trying to find out."

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Oh STFU Randy. Nobody looks good with brown lipstick.

[Autumn]

1. Fuck Rand Paul. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. No, you don't.

That's the whole point of the whistleblower statute - so people won't be afraid of retaliation from douchebags like Rand Paul for reporting wrongdoing.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Rand Paul and Trump just want to intimidate, harass and smear anyone who disses King Hissyfit.

Screw em both.

[VMA131Marine]

4. The GOP obsession with the identity of the whistleblower is strange

given that everything they reported was confirmed by the Trump White House itself.

Do they somehow think if they can discredit the WB it will undo everything Trump actually did? Bizarre.

I'm guessing the only reason they are harping on this is to a) distract Trump's supporters and b) make an example of the WB to discourage anyone else from coming forward (which is what whistleblower laws are designed to prevent in the first place).

[Guilded Lilly]

5. Driving you nuts, isn't it, Pal? Tough.

[House of Roberts]

6. Have you been charged, Randian?

No? Then you don't get to know anything.

[struggle4progress]

7. "We'd like to distract everybody from investigating the content here"

[Zambero]

8. Sure thing Rand!

Let's reserve whistleblowing for really frivolous stuff. If it's a serious matter, say, involving national security, then let's expose him or her to whatever peril awaits them!

[dlk]

9. Paul should try actually reading the statute before making ridiculous pronouncements

He knows better. To bad he can’t do better.

[Hobo]

10. Ahhh No Rand you Don't... EOM

[spanone]

11. Hey randy, you really a senator?

kinda hard to believe

[COLGATE4]

12. Well Rand, we deserve to know the identities of the members of

the Medical Board that certified you to practice Medicine as a board-certified Opthalmologist.

Spoiler: The 'Board' consisted of 2 persons: Rand and his brother in law.

[lindysalsagal]

13. I've heard on msnbc that the insiders already know.

This is just noise.

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Trump seems to bring this POS out of

his hidehole when heavy duty shit hits the fan. Charles Koch must of called.

[UTUSN]

15. Note to Rand: All you deserve is the ass kicking your neighbor gave you!1