WANS WAN
WAN WANTS ANSWER.
WANTS ANSWER. >> HANS NICHOLS AND KEN DILANIAN
AND GARRET HAAKE.
THANK YOU ALL OF YOU.
>>> I WANT TO CONTINUE ON THE
WHISTLEBLOWER.
WHISTLEBLOWER. JOHN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE
QUESTION THAT STEPHANIE ASKED,
THE NEW WHISTLEBLOWER IS
APPARENTLY NOT FILING A SEPARATE
COMPLAINT.
COMPLAINT. DOES THE FACT THEY HAVE BEEN
INTERVIEWED BY THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL, THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY GIVE THEM THE SAME
PROTECTION AS THE ORIGINAL
WHISTLEBLOWER?
WHISTLEBLOWER? >> THAT’S RIGHT.
THEY’RE COOPERATING AND
PROVIDING USEFUL EVIDENCE,
THAT’S ALL IT IS NECESSARILY.
SOME LAW MAY HAVE BEEN VIOLATED
OR THE PRESIDENT MAY HAVE ABUSES
HIS AUTHORITY.
HIS AUTHORITY. ALL IT TAKES FOR THE
WHISTLEBLOWER TO GET UNDERNEATH
THAT UMBRELLA PROTECTION.
>> LET’S HEAR WHAT HOUSE
MINORITY KEVIN McCARTHY WAS
SAYING.
SAYING. HE WAS PUSHING THE LINE THAT WE
HAVE HEARD FROM REPUBLICANS IN
THE E D FENCEDEFENSE OF THE PRES
WATCH THIS.
WATCH THIS. BEING ABLE TO HAVE ANY FAIRNESS.
THAT’S WHAT NANCY PELOSI IS
DOING.
DOING. >> HOW DOES THAT KIND OF THING
WORK IN WHISTLEBLOWER’S CASE
ESPECIALLY ONE INVOLVING THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THAT STATEMENT IS OUT OF
CONTEXT.
CONTEXT. WE ARE NOT IN A TRIAL SITUATION.
THIS IS MUCH NOR MORE ANALOGOUS.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO
FOLLOW UP WITH.
THAT’S ALL IT HAS HAPPENED SO
FAR.
FAR. NOBODY IS IN TRIAL.
THE HOUSE MANAGER WOULD DECIDE
AT THAT POINT WHICH WITNESSES TO
PUT FORWARD.
PUT FORWARD. AT THAT POINT, THE LEGITIMATE
CLAIM THAT THE DEFENDANT AND
THAT CASE, THE PRESIDENT WOULD
HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONFRONT HIS
ACCUSER.
ACCUSER. WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THAT STAGE.
IT IS HIGHLY PREMATURE TO THINK
THESE WHISTLEBLOWER WOULD BE
STAR WITNESSES.
STAR WITNESSES. >> THE PRESIDENT SIGNALS HE
WANTS TO FIND OUT WHO THE
WHISTLEBLOWER IS.
WHISTLEBLOWER IS. LINDSEY GRAHAM ENSURES THAT THE
WHISTLEBLOWER’S IDENTITY ARE
EXPOSED IF THERE IS AN INQUIRY
IN THE SENATE.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
>> THAT’S CONTRARY TO CENTURIES
OLD TO WHISTLEBLOWER’S LAW.
THE FOUNDING OF THIS COUNTRY
THAT WE WANT WHISTLEBLOWERS.
IF YOU WANT WHISTLEBLOWERS, THE
PEOPLE WHO GOT INSIDE OF
INFORMATION OF ABUSE OF
AUTHORITY AND LAWS AND, WE SHOUL
CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT THEIR
INFORMATION IS ENCOURAGED.
THERE IS A LONG THINKS RIHISTORY
WHISTLEBLOWERS BEING PUNISHED
AND THEIR FAMILIES BEING
THREATENED.
THREATENED. WE HAVE A CONSENSUS THAT EXISTED
FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE WANT WHISTLEBLOWERS TO STEP
FORWARD AND WANT THEM PROTECTED.
WE HAD A GREAT STATEMENT FROM
SENATOR GRASSLEY, ONE OA REPUBLI
FROM IOWA SAYING WE WANT THIS
WHISTLEBLOWER TO BE HEARD.
WE WANT THIS WHISTLEBLOWER TO BE
PROTECTED.
PROTECTED. SO I THINK IT IS REALLY OUT OF
THE MAINSTREAM VIEW TO THINK
THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXPOSE
THESE PEOPLE NOW AND SEND THE
MESSAGE TO ALL WHISTLEBLOWER.
>> WE ALREADY KNOW THIS PART.
>> THAT’S THE THING.
THE COVERAGE THAT WE HAVE HAD
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF
OTHER THING AND NOT JUST THIS.
WE KNOW THE CHANCES OF YOU
GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR COMING
FORWARD WITH THINGS ARE HIGH.
THE CHANCES OF YOU BEINGSETTLEME
>> THAT’S A VERY COMMON STORY.