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Letter to Congress: Senate Should Prohibit Outing a Whistleblower

The Honorable Mitch McConnell Senate Majority Leader The Honorable Chuck Schumer Senate Minority Leader Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, and Members of the United States Senate: The Government Accountability Project, the Liberty Coalition, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance urge the Senate to send a strong signal [...]

Press Release: White House Removes Impeachment Witness

For Immediate Release: 2/7/2020 White House Removes Impeachment Witness Administration’s Actions Against Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman Could Create Chilling Effect WASHINGTON - Today, CNN reported that Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was “pushed out of his role” from the National Security Council. The move comes just months after Lt. Col. Vindman testified in the impeachment investigation, [...]

The National Law Review: Republicans May Regret Trampling the First Amendment Right of Association

Note: this article, featuring Government Accountability Project, was originally published here. Republicans May Regret Trampling the First Amendment Right of Association Throughout his political career, Senator Rand Paul has been a strong advocate for constitutional rights.  Indeed, he has bucked his party on key issues when he felt that liberty interests were at stake, including [...]

For Immediate Release: Sen. Rand Paul Attempts to Out Alleged Ukraine Whistleblower

For Immediate Release  1/30/2020 Sen. Rand Paul Attempts to Out Alleged Ukraine Whistleblower Government Accountability Project Cautions Chilling Effect on Whistleblowers  WASHINGTON ‒ Today, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) offered the name of a person who he alleges to be the Ukraine whistleblower on the Senate floor and at a press conference.  Government Accountability Project National [...]

Law and Crime: GOP Rep Calling Whistleblower a Liar Was Trump’s First Choice for Job of Withholding Whistleblower Complaint

Note: this article, featuring Government Accountability Project, was originally published here. GOP Rep Calling Whistleblower a Liar Was Trump’s First Choice for Job of Withholding Whistleblower Complaint Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) on Wednesday took direct aim at the whistleblower whose complaint about President Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky triggered the impeachment proceedings, saying the person responsible for [...]

2019-12-13T08:35:06-05:00December 13th, 2019|IC Whistleblower, In The News|

Winnipeg Free Press: Whistleblowers Have Played a Role Throughout History

Note: this article, featuring our Legal Director Tom Devine, was originally published here. Whistleblowers Have Played a Role Throughout History No matter how much U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican acolytes rant and rave about the CIA whistleblower or attempt to impugn their motives for raising an alarm about Trump’s brazen efforts to coerce [...]

2019-12-03T08:57:19-05:00December 3rd, 2019|IC Whistleblower, In The News, Whistleblowers|

Vox: How America Fails Its Whistleblowers

Note: this article, featuring our Legal Director Tom Devine, was originally published here. How America Fails Its Whistleblowers Whistleblowers who work with classified information have a few options. All of them are bad. Whistleblowing in the US is fraught with enormous peril — and for government employees who work with classified information, the options available are [...]

2019-12-02T08:31:17-05:00December 2nd, 2019|IC Whistleblower, In The News, National Security|

The Washington Post: Trump Wants the Whistleblower Revealed. Others Push for More Protection.

Note: this article, featuring our client Robert MacLean and our Legal Director Tom Devine, was originally published here. Trump Wants the Whistleblower Revealed. Others Push for More Protection. When President Trump threatened the whistleblower in the Ukraine matter, it sent a tremor through federal employees across the government. When Republican members of Congress repeatedly attempted to out that [...]

HuffPo: Congresswoman Says Trump Has “5 Pinocchios on a Daily Basis”

This article featuring our Irvin McCullough, was originally published here. Congresswoman Says Trump Has "5 Pinocchios on a Daily Basis" Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) got a round of applause during an impeachment hearing Wednesday when she said that President Donald Trump gets “five Pinocchios” a day. The comment came during her questioning of Gordon Sondland, [...]