As Twitchy reported in another post, Donald Trump Jr. is in hot water with some people after he shared on Twitter a Breitbart article including the named of the alleged whistleblower. Was he operating under orders from the White House? Should he be jailed?
I love the outrage about me tweeting an article about the “alleged” whistleblower… also good to know you have other sources confirming.
Those thinking I coordinated with The White House to tweet out a @BreitbartNews article haven’t been watching my feed much. Didn’t happen! https://t.co/CEOZBmcX4p
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 6, 2019
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:
— Bad Legal Takes (@BadLegalTakes) November 6, 2019
Here’s the original:
https://twitter.com/EdwardTHardy/status/1192139586765352960
Plus, he thinks Trump Jr. broke the law by sharing the Breitbart article:
https://twitter.com/EdwardTHardy/status/1192184883327700992
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
