Schumer calls on IGs to protect whistleblowers from retaliation
By Rebecca Klar - 02/10/20 09:22 AM EST
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on inspector generals across the government to protect whistleblowers from retaliation in the wake of President Trump’s ousting of a national security expert who testified as part of the House impeachment hearings.
“These attacks are part of a dangerous, growing pattern of retaliation against those who report wrongdoing only to find themselves targeted by the President and subject to his wrath and vindictiveness,†Schumer wrote, according to a copy of one of the letters obtained by The Hill.
Schumer is sending identical letters to the nation's 74 inspector generals on Monday, just days after Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was escorted out of the White House and told to leave his position at the National Security Council on Friday.
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