IC WHISTLEBLOWER UPDATE: I can confirm that my firm and my team represent multiple whistleblowers in connection to the underlying August 12, 2019, disclosure to the Intelligence Community Inspector General. No further comment at this time.
IC WHISTLEBLOWER UPDATE: I can confirm that my firm and my team represent multiple whistleblowers in connection to the underlying August 12, 2019, disclosure to the Intelligence Community Inspector General. No further comment at this time. t.co/05b5aAVm2G
— Andrew P. Bakaj (@AndrewBakaj) October 6, 2019
Andrew P. Bakaj, the Whistleblower’s Lawyer: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Lead counsel on this high-profile case is the 36-year-old Bakaj, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, who now works as the founding & managing partner of Compass Rose Legal Group, PLLC.
Between 2012 and 2014, he worked with whistleblower case inside the Central Intelligence Agency, and is considered uniquely qualified to act on this case alongside fellow attorney, Mark S. Zaid.
heavy.com/news/2019/09/andrew-p-bakaj/
Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the whistleblower who sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine and triggered an impeachment inquiry, tells ABC News that he is now representing a second whistleblower who has spoken with the inspector general.
Zaid tells ABC News’ Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos that the second person — also described as an intelligence official — has first-hand knowledge of some of the allegations outlined in the original complaint and has been interviewed by the head of the intelligence community’s internal watchdog office, Michael Atkinson.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/2nd-whistleblower-forward-speaking-ig-attorney/story?id=66092396
Trump:
“ The first so-called second hand information ‘Whistleblower’ got my phone conversation almost completely wrong, so now word is they are going to the bench and another ‘Whistleblower’ is coming in from the Deep State, also with second hand info.
Meet with Shifty [Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). Keep them coming!” Trump tweeted.
thehill.com/policy/national-security/464524-trump-criticizes-supposed-second-whistleblower
twitter.com/KellyO/status/1180828433573650433
h/t kpm