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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNunes Aide Is Leaking the Ukraine Whistleblower's Name, Sources Say
A top aide to Rep. Devin Nunes has been providing conservative politicians and journalists with informationand misinformationabout the anonymous whistleblower who triggered the biggest crisis of Donald Trumps presidency, two knowledgeable sources tell The Daily Beast.
Derek Harvey, who works for Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee, has provided notes for House Republicans identifying the whistleblowers name ahead of the high-profile depositions of Trump administration appointees and civil servants in the impeachment inquiry. The purpose of the notes, one source said, is to get the whistleblowers name into the record of the proceedings, which committee chairman Adam Schiff has pledged to eventually release. In other words: its an attempt to out the anonymous official who helped trigger the impeachment inquiry.
On Saturday, The Washington Post reported that GOP lawmakers and staffers have repeatedly used a name purporting to be the whistleblower during the depositions. The paper named Harvey as driving lines of questioning Democrats saw as attempting to determine the political loyalties of witnesses before the inquiry. A former official told the Post that Harvey was passing notes [to GOP lawmakers] the entire time ex-NSC Russia staffer Fiona Hill testified.
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Nunes Aide Is Leaking the Ukraine Whistleblower's Name, Sources Say (Original Post)
choie
Oct 2019
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. As a congressman, Nunes enjoys a certain immunity
His aide, however, does not. Derek Harvey may find out that a congressman can overstep his bounds, but his staff can't.
choie
(4,111 posts)2. isn't the idea that if you're
on the intelligence committee, you're NOT supposed to leak, even if you're a member of congress?
RockRaven
(14,990 posts)3. Silly rabbit, rules/ethics are for Democrats!
dchill
(38,521 posts)4. That's a given.