The Whistleblower

So there is this theory that if the Trump administration can out the Whistleblower that they can attack his (or her) creditability and discredit the whole Ukraine/Impeachment “Witch Hunt.” So, let's look at this logically in a different context.

Lets say that citizen A calls Crime line and says that he suspects that Citizen B murdered someone. In response, the police department goes out and investigates the lead. Their investigation indicates that the victim was murdered with a 22 Cal gun which was found in the house of Citizen B. Furthermore, upon fingerprint analysis, they find Citizen B’s fingerprints on the 22 Cal gun, and gun powder residue on Citizen B’s hand.

When the police department went to see Citizen A to find out what else he knew, they found Citizen A in a back-ally high on drugs and alcohol.

By the Trump administration logic, because Citizen A was so unreliable and failed to be a fine, and upstanding citizen, that Citizen B in fact did not kill the person despite the evidence that indicates otherwise, and the investigation should be stopped.

It no longer matters what the motivation was on the part of the Whistleblower, or even how reliable the Whistleblower’s story may or may not have been. Since the complaint made by the Whistelblow, an investigation has uncovered sufficient evidence to suspect that there may be grounds for impeachment of the President of the United States for his failure to uphold his oath of office.

Despite the analogy above, it is important to also remember that the case of impeachment of the President is NOT a criminal proceeding but is a political proceeding and, therefore, not subject to the same rules of criminal law. There will be plenty of time for build a criminal case when Mr. Trump is elected out of office in 2020 - which is critical to Trump. Because, if he is re-elected, the Statutes of Limitations will be exceeded for whatever crimes may have been committed that he could not be prosecuted for those crimes. So, as you can see, Trump has a lot more motivation to be re-elected then just simple patriotism.