vladjet2000
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Yeah, the BS comparison with child molesting is both overblown and in poor taste... If anything, it shows a lack of understanding in what's at stake here.
The whisteblower ain't some random person pretending they were part of a conversation / witness to a situation that no one else was privvy to. If that was the case, their identity and character would be of the utmost importance. By most accounts, they have no personal involvement in the larger picture. You can't argue Trump was baited or that this was entrapment. That's what makes this basically a moot point.
From what has been released, they're a government employee that had the courage of conviction to report through the proper channels that there is a transcript out there that shows the president may have crossed ethical boundaries.
The evidence itself is NOT the whisteblower's testimony, it's the recording / transcript. It's also in the further investigation and interviews that were conducted with key stakeholders afterwards.
The whisteblower may have set the ball in motion, but they're not a central figure in this investigation. The administration's ongoing effort to oust and smear them is a diversion.
Besides, this is still the preliminary part of the process. The investigation is still underway. Odds are that a significant amount of information will be turned over to the administration if / when formal proceedings get underway.
the fact that there's a lot at stake is what makes it important. it's easy to have a politically motivated person come out as "whistleblower" come in and try to dig into the files and see what scandal can they come up with. you're saying "significant amount of information" will be turned over. what other information? you said the transcript is everything. yet the transcript is iffy at best and if push comes to shove, insufficient to take Trump down. Biden is not only his political opponent, he's the former 2nd in command. he and his his son are both a Politically Exposed Person (financial terminology for someone who is at risk of being implicated in corruption) This is standard stuff. Trump's team will say he's investigating corruption and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. this is part of the smear campaign. It's a known fact that the institutions are all on the D side, so if the "whistleblower" is an FBI agent, it doesn't get any more obvious.
You know that the senate has to approve an impeachment, even if the house approves it, which it probably will, so it won't happen.