New report reveals a Devin Nunes staffer is plotting to expose the whistleblower’s identity

In an effort to expose the still-secret identity of the whistleblower who sparked the Ukraine scandal that has ballooned into a full-fledged impeachment inquiry, a staffer for Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has been plotting within the House Intelligence Committee to guarantee the release of the individual’s name, according to a new report in the Daily Beast.

Despite the fact that witness testimony, public evidence, and President Donald Trump’s own admissions have all largely confirmed that allegations made by the whistleblower, thus rendering the original complaint irrelevant, conservatives have been obsessed with the person’s identity. They’ve claimed that the whistleblower had an anti-Trump agenda or was working with Democrats to bring the president down. But even if the right-wing claims about the whistleblower had merit, they wouldn’t change the truth of what Trump has done that is appropriately leading to his impeachment.

For people like Nunes and his allies, though, it’s less important that an offensive strategy in the impeachment make sense than it is for it to create perceived enemies. And they see the whistleblower as a prime target for demonization.

View the complete October 29  article by Cody Fenwick on the AlterNet website here.