Democrats don’t want us to confirm the identity of the so-called whistleblower in their impeachment drive, because then we’ll realize that we’ve seen this exact same scenario play out before: A career government employee believes it’s up to him or her to save the republic and stop President Trump.
The inspector general report out of the Justice Department last week showed that this pattern started as far back as 2016, when FBI agent after FBI agent self-identified as a hero and began spying on Trump’s 2016 campaign in hopes of uncovering a conspiracy with Russia.
They each lied, fabricated, and willingly relied on what they knew was faulty information for the purpose of pursuing a sham investigation of the president into something that has since been debunked.
A separate inspector general report released back in August showed that former FBI Director James Comey is another one of these people. After Comey leaked confidential information to the news media by way of a third party, Comey “failed to live up to his responsibility” and “set a dangerous example” for other agents, the inspector general said. Comey defended the leaking as an act of patriotism, something he did out of “love for my country.” The inspector general slapped Comey on that point, stating that “strongly held personal convictions” are not an excuse for flouting FBI policy.
That anonymous essay published last year made the same point I’m making right now. The self-identified senior official said there were countless others just like that official “working diligently from within to frustrate parts of [President Trump’s] agenda and his worst inclinations.” Their logic: “Our first duty is to this country.”
This is precisely what happened with the “whistleblower.” In the whistleblower’s complaint to House Democrats in August, the whistleblower said fulfilling a “duty” in bringing an “urgent concern” about Trump’s relations with Ukraine was the goal.
Democrats want you to think the whistleblower was brave to come forward under anonymity. In reality, the whistleblower is just another Comey, attempting to hide behind anonymity and “duty.”
