FACTCHECK: Legal Implications of Outing the Whistleblower
This article, featuring our legal director Tom Devine, was originally published here. Legal Implications of Outing the Whistleblower In one heated exchange during day three of the impeachment hearings, Rep. Adam Schiff cut off a line of questioning to protect the whistleblower’s identity, saying the whistleblower has “a statutory right to anonymity.” But the law [...]