Fox's Baier Confronts Rand Paul Over Past Whistleblower Praise: Only Want to Protect 'Whistleblowers
Fox’s Baier Confronts Rand Paul Over Past Whistleblower Praise: Only Want to Protect ‘Whistleblowers You Like’?
By Reed Richardson
Nov 5th, 2019, 7:49 pm
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Fox News anchor Bret Baier confronted Sen. Rand Paul with his past praise of government whistleblowers and pressed the Kentucky Republican on why he wouldn’t reveal the name of the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower if he so adamantly believes the person’s identity should be made public.
After Baier noted that whistleblowers are protected by law, Paul argued that, technically, the statute says only the Inspector General is barred from revealing the identity of whistleblowers. Therefore, it is not illegal for anyone else to publicize it.
“I don’t understand what prevents you from getting on the Senate floor, where you’re protected from all kinds of things, and giving a speech and saying the guy’s name?” Baier pressed.
“I know I can and I may. I could do it right now. Nothing stops me,” Paul asserted. “Other than I don’t want to make it about the one individual.” The Kentucky Senator then went on to, in fact, make it about the individual by claiming he or she is a “material witness” to alleged corruption by former Vice President Joe Biden.
More:
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/foxs-baier-confronts-rand-paul-over-past-whistleblower-praise-only-want-to-protect-whistleblowers-you-like/
(You'll notice Paul describes his neighbor who clobbered him as a "hater of President Trump's," which no one sane would have seen coming! He's not just his enemy, now he's Trump's enemy!)
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