Sen. Grassley defends whistleblower amid Trump attack

By artappraiser on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 2:12pm |

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) defended a whistleblower at the center of the impeachment fight on Tuesday, saying the individual deserves to be "heard out and protected."

“This person appears to have followed the whistleblower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected. We should always work to respect whistleblowers’ requests for confidentiality," Grassley, who is the chairman of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, said in a statement.

“No one should be making judgments or pronouncements without hearing from the whistleblower first and carefully following up on the facts. Uninformed speculation wielded by politicians or media commentators as a partisan weapon is counterproductive and doesn’t serve the country," [....}

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/463830-gop-senator-defends-whistleblower-amid-trump-attack