Friends,
I need one of you to help me. It
might get dangerous. It may get us in trouble. But we’re running out of time. We
must act. It’s our patriotic duty.
From the time you opened this letter
to the time you get to the bottom of it, there’s a decent chance that our
President will have violated the constitution, obstructed justice, lied to the
American people, encouraged or supported acts of violence, or committed some
horrible mistake that would’ve ended any other politician's career (or sent you
or I to jail). And just like all the times he’s done so in the past, he will get
away with it.
Donald Trump thinks he’s above the law. He acts like he’s
the above the law. He’s STATED that he’s above the law. And by firing Sally
Yates, Preet Bharara and James Comey (3 federal officials with SOME authority to
hold him accountable) he’s taken the first few steps to make it
official.
And yet, we keep hearing the same reaction to President Trump
that we heard with candidate Trump after every new revelation or screw up -
“He’s toast!” “He can’t survive this!” “He’s finished!”
Make no mistake -
Donald J. Trump has NO intention of leaving the White House until January 20,
2025. How old will you be in 2025? That's how long he plans to be your
president. How much damage will have been done to the country and the world by
then?
And that is why we must act.
As I’ve said since the
election, we need a four-front strategy to end this carnage: 1. Mass Citizen
Action 2. Take Him To Court Nonstop 3. YOU Run for Office 4. An Army of
Satire
I’m doing everything that I can, publicly and privately, to aid
this effort and I know that you are, too. And while quietly working on my new
movie, I came across an old video that inspired me to write you today to ask for
help.
In this video, a former congressman is passionately testifying
about the importance of whistleblowers and need to protect the First Amendment.
He stated:
Enshrined
in the First Amendment of the Constitution, we all know, are these words:
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. The
freedom of speech and the press form the bedrock of our democracy by ensuring
the free flow of information to the public. Although Thomas Jefferson warned
that, “Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that
limited without danger of losing it,” today this freedom is under
attack.
The young congressman went on to decry the
harassment, legal threats and even jailing of American journalists. He
continued:
Compelling
reporters to testify, and in particular, compelling reporters to reveal the
identity of confidential sources, intrudes on the newsgathering process and
hurts the public. Without the assurance of confidentiality, many whistleblowers
will simply refuse to come forward, and reporters will be unable to provide the
American public with the information they need to make decisions as an informed
electorate. But with all this focus on newsgathering, it is important that we
state clearly: Protecting a journalist's right to keep a news source
confidential is not about protecting reporters; it is about protecting the
public's right to know.
Indeed, the power and the
importance of whistleblowing is part of the American tradition and as old as the
republic itself. On July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress voted unanimously
for the first whistleblower legislation in the U.S: “Resolved, That it is the
duty of all persons in the service of the United States, as well as all other
the inhabitants thereof, to give the earliest information to Congress or other
proper authority of any misconduct, frauds or misdemeanors committed by any
officers or persons in the service of these states, which may come to their
knowledge.”
This legislation came in response to the first known act of
whistleblowing in our country’s history, when in 1777, 10 revolutionary sailors
decided to blow the whistle on a powerful naval officer who participated in the
torture of captured British soldiers.
The sailors paid a price. They were
sued and jailed for their courageous actions. But in the end, our Founding
Fathers agreed that the sailors were doing their patriotic duty by reporting
this crime. They made sure their legal fees were covered, protected them from
retaliation and unanimously passed the 1778 whistleblower protection
law.
Since then, courageous American men and women have put their
careers, their freedom and even their lives on the line to report government and
corporate wrongdoing. From Karen Silkwood (nuclear
safety), Sherron Watkins (Enron)
and Jeffrey Wigand (tobacco)
in corporate America to Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden
revealing government lies, the American whistleblowing tradition remains strong,
despite constant attempts to intimidate and stifle these truth
tellers.
And this is where I need one of you to help me.
Today,
I’m launching TrumpiLeaks,
a site that will enable courageous whistleblowers to privately communicate with
me and my team. Patriotic Americans in government, law enforcement or the
private sector with knowledge of crimes, breaches of public trust and misconduct
committed by Donald J. Trump and his associates are needed to blow the whistle
in the name of protecting the United States of America from
tyranny.
We’ve put together several tools you can use to securely send
information and documents as well as photographs, video and/or audio recordings.
While no form of digital communication is 100% secure, the tools we’re using at
TrumpiLeaks
provide the most secure technology possible to protect your anonymity (and if
you don’t require anonymity, you can just email me here).
I know this is risky.
I knew we may get in trouble. But too much is at stake to play it safe. And
along with the Founding Fathers, I’ve got your back.
As for the former
congressman quoted above, he’s moved on to bigger and better things. His name is
Michael Richard Pence, the Vice President of the United States. Who knows, he
might even back you up on this, too…
Yours,
Michael Moore
https://michaelmoore.com/TrumpiLeaks