Since Portland conservative radio host Lars Larson went on Fox News Channel Thursday and identified the person he believes is the suspected whistleblower at the center of the Ukraine scandal and President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, reactions have been rolling in.

Larson said in an email Friday that he hadn’t “heard a peep from Fox,” though by using the name during an appearance on a Fox News Channel show, Larson was going against the network’s notice to its anchors not to identify the whistleblower without independently confirming his identity.

“As for reaction,” Larson wrote, that has consisted of “death threats, curse words…the usual stuff. It would be a rare day for me in Havana on the Willamette to not get that kind of reaction, so nothing new, just greater volume.”

Larson hosts a noon-4 p.m. talk show on KXL-FM and also hosts a nationally syndicated show. After saying the name of the suspected whistleblower on Fox News, Larson again mentioned it during his radio show on Thursday.

Donovan Sargent, executive producer of “The Lars Larson Show,” emailed that he had seen “mixed reactions, some people who have been supportive of what Lars has done, and others, who for the most part have been honest in saying they are liberal listeners, who disagree with Lars.”

Sargent added that many of the people who called had been “polite and pleasant to deal with and genuinely interested in what Lars thought. Most of the negative emails were sent via our website with fake names, emails and phone numbers.”

Larson told The Oregonian yesterday that he hadn’t been aware of the Fox News warning about identifying the suspected whistleblower, but that since he isn’t a Fox News host, that policy didn’t apply to him.

In addition to repeating the name on his Thursday show, Larson said it again on his Friday KXL show. Larson has told The Oregonian that he hadn’t independently confirmed the identity of the whistleblower, whose concerns about a July phone call between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky helped launch the impeachment inquiry.

Trump has denied allegations that he was using the promise of U.S. military aid to pressure Ukrainian officials to investigate one of Trump’s political rivals.

Larson has defended his decision, saying that the prospect of impeaching a president is a serious matter and identifying the person who made the complaint is relevant to understanding the ongoing impeachment inquiry. On his KXL show Friday, Larson again took issue with the whistleblower’s complaint, calling it “fiction.”

His comments echoed what Larson told The Oregonian on Thursday. “Until I find a compelling reason or someone tells me otherwise, I don’t see why I would stop and I don’t see anyone confirming that he isn’t the whistleblower,” Larson said. “I truly believe it’s important to know who he is and if his actions are politically motivated or some heartfelt desire to oust wrongdoing.”

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-- Kristi Turnquist

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