Mark Zaid, an attorney for the anonymous whistleblower whose allegations about President Donald Trump‘s dealings with Ukraine ignited the House impeachment inquiry into the President, said Sunday he offered to have Republican lawmakers submit questions to his client directly without having to go through the committee‘s Democratic majority.
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We represent the whistleblower. Their identity is no longer relevant.
(25.10.2019)
What it would do, however, is put that individual and their family at risk of harm. Perhaps more important, it would deter future whistleblowers from coming forward in subsequent administrations, Democratic or Republican. And if the lawful whistleblower system fails, that would encourage other individuals to illegally leak classified information to journalists to hide their identities and guard themselves from political attacks.