Joe Rogan Experience #2566 - Cody Tucker · Aired Oct 15, 2026
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The Obama team deleted the whistleblower-protection section from its Change.gov website.
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What the evidence shows
The Sunlight Foundation's contemporary inspection reported that the Change.gov transition site as a whole went offline. That is different from selectively deleting only its whistleblower pledge. The removal alone does not prove a motive to conceal that particular promise.
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Is it true that the Obama team deleted the whistleblower-protection section from its Change.gov website?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. gov transition site as a whole went offline. That is different from selectively deleting only its whistleblower pledge. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2566 - Cody Tucker, aired Oct 15, 2026, at 1:37:08. The supporting source is sunlightfoundation.com, linked below.
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