Blue-check podcaster says Donald Trump Jr. broke the law by sharing a Breitbart story on Twitter

The whistleblower’s attorney, Mark Zaid, said the tweet put the whistleblower under risk of serious harm:

Whistleblower atty @MarkSZaidEsq on a member of the president’s family tweeting out a story on a pro-Trump website allegedly naming the whistleblower: "Identifying any name for the whistleblower will simply place that individual and their family at risk of serious harm….

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 6, 2019

2/ “… We will not confirm or deny any name that is published but we will note publication does nothing other than show the desperation of a partisan crowd to deflect from the substance of the whistleblower complaint…

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 6, 2019

3/“… It most certainly will not relieve the President of the need to address the substantive allegations, all of which have been substantially proven to be true.”

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 6, 2019

Is that the same attorney who repeatedly tweeted "coup has started" and "we will get rid of [Trump]" before his client filed a false complaint that concealed his contacts with House Democrats? https://t.co/rWfVNR2gLH

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 6, 2019

Of course, we’d assume Zaid would take offense and put out a statement, but blue-check podcaster and political commentator Edward Hardy earned himself a shout-out from the Twitter account Bad Legal Takes:

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— Bad Legal Takes (@BadLegalTakes) November 6, 2019

Here’s the original:

The whistleblower’s identity is legally protected under federal law

If Twitter doesn't suspend every account that has tweeted out the name of the whistleblower, they are allowing users to openly engage in criminal activity on their platform with no repercussions

— Edward Hardy (@EdwardTHardy) November 6, 2019

Plus, he thinks Trump Jr. broke the law by sharing the Breitbart article:

It is a federal crime to reveal the identity of a whistleblower

It is a federal crime to intimidate a whistleblower

Donald Trump Jr broke the law this morning

— Edward Hardy (@EdwardTHardy) November 6, 2019

Ignoring the fact that this is quite literally untrue under U.S. federal law, I'd just like to say that I'm from Australia, so your laws don't apply to me. The whistleblowers name is Eric Ciaramella. Come at me. https://t.co/ihxhoGNWGf

— Zach Phillippe (@ZachPhillippe) November 7, 2019

Shhhh!

Always a blue checkmark lmao

— Kurtis (@kp_1318) November 6, 2019

I often wonder if people hate lawyers because they think all of these bad takes are the law and that lawyers make it.

— MAT-AT (@08mms) November 7, 2019

Oh he's a legal scholar

— Sierra Marlee (@Sierra_Marlee) November 6, 2019

LMFAO

— Malak Kobbe (@Malak_Kobbe) November 6, 2019

Um, a legal question for Mr. Hardy: What should be done about the whistleblower’s attorney, who himself shared a Breitbart article naming the alleged whistleblower?

Can't believe I am actually tweeting this media outlet's story (although I actually used to work with Andrew ironically), but important to call out @RandPaul's irresponsible efforts to expose #whistleblowers rather than protect them.https://t.co/eRVXsqNFQs

— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) November 1, 2019

Related:

'This is going to age well!' After Trump's inauguration, whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid wrote that the '#coup has started […] #impeachment will follow ultimately' https://t.co/ZxFYzXmmgW

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 6, 2019