The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 protects whistle-blowers from having their identity revealed and retaliatory action taken against them—but naturally, Trump's saying he's “trying to find out” who the whistle-blower is anyway
The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 is pretty self-explanatory: It protects federal whistle-blowers who work for the government from, among other things, having their identity revealed and retaliatory action taken against them as a result of their complaint. Most people understand that violating this law is a big, flaming no-no.
“We’re trying to find out [who the whistle-blower is]...when you have a whistle-blower that reports things that were incorrect, as you know, and you’ve probably now have figured it out, the statement I made to the president of the Ukraine—a good man, a nice man, new—was perfect, it was perfect, but the whistle-blower reported a totally different statement, like a statement that was not even made.... The call was perfect. When the whistle-blower reported it, he made it sound terrible.
Then, of course, there’s the matter of Trump telling reporters he’s working on uncovering the identity of the whistle-blower, whose sources helast week are spies who should be executed, like “in the old days.
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