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A reminder, this whistle-blowers anonymity is protected by law. i want to bring in former cia operator valerie plame, who has a valuable perspective on this. her cover was blown in the bush administration after her husband blew the whistle on the rationale for going to war with iraq. shes now running for congress at a democrat in new mexico. thanks for being with us. based on your own experience, you obviously have a unique vantage point on this. how important is it that the whistle-blowers iden...

Money from corrupt oligarchs. i say tonight to the media, do your job and print his name. >> as you know, whistleblower laws are designed to protect the identity of whistleblowers so that they feel protected as they share information or evidence of wrongdoing. by attempting -- encouraging the outing of him or her both senator paul but also the president himself, are they encouraging breaking the law? >> yes, quite frankly, they are. those whistleblower laws are there for a very real reason, whic...

They come forward to point out mismanagement, corruption, wrongdoing, that their identity will be protected. i think what trump has been doing yesterday and reiterated again today asking essentially for his henchmen to go out and dig around and reveal the identity of the whistle-blower is immoral. its outrageous. and we cant function as a democracy, as a government, if you put the ice on those who seek to come forward and say, you know, thats not quite right. >> its also interesting given the mu...

>> mr. vice president, president trump has falsely accused your son of doing something wrong while serving on a company board in ukraine. i want to point out there is no evidence of wrongdoing by either one of you. >> theres no proof whatsoever that joe biden did anything wrong for the hunter biden did anything wrong. >> trumps claims about wrongdoing here are unsubstantiated. we looked, lots of outlets have looks. >> trump is making a holy unsubstantiated agreement he alleges corruption by the ...

While serving on a company board in ukraine. i want to point out there is no evidence of wrongdoing by either one of you. >> there is no proof wleefr that joe biden did anything wrong or that hunter biden did anything wrong. >> trumps claims of wrongdoing are unsubstantiated. we have looked. lots of outlets have looked. >> president trump is making a unsubstantiated claim. in reality joe biden was the one working to purge corruption from the ukraine. >> sean: theyre nuts. here is reaction. this ...

With no experience. the easy gig on the board of burisma holdings. no other american is going to get that deal, no other american getting $1.5 billion private equity deal with the bank of china with no experience -- deutsche bank, goldman sachs might be more suitable candidates for such a deal with the bank of china. meanwhile, the media mob. the willing accomplices. stepping all over themselves trying to protect the bidens. for years they simply looked the other way. ignored this massive scanda...

>> the member of the board actually met with john kerry. >> laura: lets move on to whats happening on this whistle-blower froms. the whistle-blowers attorney said we will submit written answers spread what can be wrong with written answers? >> if youre in charge with the crime and the person accusing you of wrongdoing, they dont have the ability to say i will take written questions. you have a right to confront your accuser and this idea of saying they will take written questions violates every ...

The easy gig on the board of burisma holdings. no other american is going to get that deal. no other american is getting $1.5 billion private equity deal with the bank of china with no experience. it may bank, goldman sachs, they might be more suitable for chin. the media mob, the willing accomplishments stepping all over themselves trying to protect the bidens. for years they simply looked the other way, ignored this massive scandal, just like they always protected the clintons and for months n...

And, look, the reality is these witnesses, as they pile up, thats gonna be the challenge more than any one individual transcript. were going to see more of these. weve got mulvaney. theyll all be in public. some of them inevitably will contradict their transcript and that will be its own set of problems. >> dana: do you think theyre going to call up rudy giuliani? he comes up a lot. a strong implication of some sort of wrongdoing. is that an impeachable offense? how will this come down? we are l...

With john kerry. >> laura: lets move on to whats happening on the whistleblower front because the whistleblowers attorney said we will submit written answers, senator graham. what could be wrong with written answers? come on. let him or her -- >> if youre charged with a crime and the person accusing you of wrongdoing they dont have the ability to take written questions. you have the constitutional right to confront your accuser and this idea of written questions violating every norm of due proce...