Unmask the Whistleblower

Unmask the whistleblower. Let’s read the Constitution, shall we? Specifically Article II, Section IV, which reads as follows, with bold print for emphasis supplied: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. Then move along to the Sixth Amendment, which reads in its entirety as follows, with bold print for emphasis supplied: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein

Ukraine Impeachment Witness Communicated with Dem Staffer on ‘Delicate’ Issue After Complaint

Marie Yovanovitch
Marie Yovanovitch

Marie Yovanovitch, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and key witness in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, communicated using her personal email account with a Democratic congressional staffer concerning a “quite delicate” and “time-sensitive” matter — just two days after the whistleblower complaint that kickstarted the inquiry was filed, and a month before the complaint became public, emails obtained by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson. The personal emails appear to contradict Yovanovitch’s deposition on Capitol Hill in October, in which she told U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, about an email she received Aug. 14th from the staffer, Laura Carey — but indicated under oath

Network Hypocrisy: Two Standards on Sex Scandals and Whistleblowers

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Matt Lauer
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Recall the furor over the Access Hollywood tape in the fall of 2016? In which someone leaked a tape from the NBC show, two days before the second presidential debate, to The Washington Post? The tape had then-presidential candidate Donald Trump making a lewd and gross remark about women to the show’s host Billy Bush? Uproar ensued. Trump issued an apology and Billy Bush was forced to resign. Contrast this with Ronan Farrow’s tale of the very same network’s treatment of Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer. Back in June, Vanity Fair published a piece by Farrow’s NBC producer Rich Mchugh.

Rep. Mark Meadows shuts down MSNBC reporter on air

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On Friday, Mark Meadows interrupted an MSNBC reporter on-air to defend his fellow Republican lawmakers and President Trump. MSNBC’s Leigh Ann Caldwell was reporting live from Capitol Hill about the Trump impeachment inquiry. “Republicans continue to hang everything on Ambassador [Kurt] Volker,” Caldwell told viewers, referring to the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who resigned from the State Department in September after his name appeared in a whistleblower complaint about a July phone call between Trump and the leader of Ukraine. While Caldwell was reporting, Rep. Meadows walked by with his staff, so the MSNBC reporter attempted to flag him

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