the ultimate responsibility on the president of the united states to protect the whistle-blower. so there should be mass callings to ensure that the president of the united states issue a firm statement that the identity of the whistle-blower should never be released because it s unlawful. yeah. what s interesting, and to build on michael s point is the law when it was written in the late 90s never considered the president discussing or contemplating outing a whistle-blower. so you ve got that wrinkle. and if nothing changes if that code is not enforced, it may not be illegal for the president or others to outthe whistle-blower, but i wonder if you think it could be what essentially adds another article of impeachment against the president. i think that once the facts are laid out and verified that if, in fact, the president
matthew whittaker appeared on fox news as well yesterday and said the whistle-blower has no right to anonymity. if we break something, if we let politics interfere with outing a whistle-blower? well, a whistle-blower is never guaranteed anonymity. and all they re guaranteed is that they won t be retaliated against from a workplace, in a job stand point, so you know, for me, i think this whistle-blower does need to publicly testify, and be subject to cross-examination which is consistent with the american legal traditions that we all believe make this a great country. so according to the new york times, this is only partly true. part of the inspector general act of 1978 states that agency watchdogs quote shall not, after receipt of a complaint, or information from an employee, disclose the identity of the employee, without the consent of the employee, unless the
being advanced by congressman jim jordan of the trump camp among others. even though, of course, we quickly add the president s only responses to the mueller investigation were written answers through his lawyers. with us to join the conversation tonight, maya wiley, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. these days with the new school you know, i got screwed up there. sorry about that. and david jolly, a former republican member of congress from the great state of florida, who has since left congress and the republican party, come to think of it. maya wiley, i want to talk to you about whistle-blowers in general, but i have one more thing to show you. this is former attorney general whitaker on fox news. do we break something if we let politics interfere with outing a whistle-blower? well, a whistle-blower is never guaranteed anonymity and, you know, all they re guaranteed is that they won t be retaliated
you know, i got screwed up there. sorry about that. and david jolly, a former republican member of congress from the great state of florida who has since left congress and the republican party, come to think of it. maya wiley, i want to talk to you about whistle-blowers in general, but i have one more thing to show you. this is former attorney general whitaker on fox news. do we break something if we let politics interfere with outing a whistle-blower? well, a whistle-blower is never guaranteed anonymity and, you know, all they re guaranteed is that they won t be retaliated against from a from a workplace in a job standpoint. so, you know, for me i think this whistle-blower does need to publicly testify and be subject to cross-examination, which is consistent with the american legal traditions that we all believe make this a great country. so maya wiley, is the former
republican member of congress from the great state of florida who has since left congress and the republican party, come to think of it. maya wiley, i want to talk to you about whistle-blowers in general, but i have one more thing to show you. this is former attorney general whitaker on fox news. do we break something if we let politics interfere with outing a whistle-blower? well, a whistle-blower is never guaranteed anonymity and, you know, all they re guaranteed is that they won t be retaliated against from a from a workplace in a job standpoint. so, you know, for me i think this whistle-blower does need to publicly testify and be subject to cross-examination, which is consistent with the american legal traditions that we all believe make this a great country. so maya wiley, is the former chief law enforcement officer of the united states telling the truth there? is there a confidentiality understanding with whistle-blowers? so there s a yes and a no.