Fox's Geraldo Rivera suggests whistleblower complaint can be traced to “a group like Media Matters”
Rivera: “I bet it can be traced ultimately, and I'm not accusing them, but a group like Media Matters is in here, with their dirty hands”
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Citation From the September 27 edition of Fox News' The Five:
KATIE PAVLICH (GUEST HOST): The question for Republicans, you know, there is a lot of fodder for them there too. The dozens, half a dozen U.S. officials that are named in the complaint. Well, who are those people? Can they bring them up and say, "Why didn't you file a whistleblower report if this was that important?"
And also, who is behind the writing of the complaint? This is not just an email that someone sent, as a "Hey, I have information, I need to meet with you." It's very clearly written by a lawyer --
GERALDO RIVERA (GUEST HOST): It's a big -- it's a big law firm, it's a team of --
PAVLICH: -- or a team of lawyers and possibly a research team, at a research firm.
RIVERA: And I bet it can be traced ultimately, and I'm not accusing them, but a group like Media Matters is in here, with their dirty hands.