On Tuesday the Iowa Republican reiterated his stance. And I believe the law protects whistleblowers. (Bevin lost his race for reelection the next day, but he didn't concede At one point during the rally last week, Trump gave Paul a little time at the microphone. And that is the system that I will defend.
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"I hope nobody will even consider that, but at the same time if you're accused of a crime in our country, the Sixth Amendment says that you get the right to defend yourself and confront your accusers. “It’s kind of a moot issue. … People can read the transcript themselves,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). “And journalists will have to do what journalists do.”Sen. "The whistleblower is a disgrace to our country. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) called on the media to print the name of the whistleblower when President Trump invited him on stage at a 'Keep America Great' Trump campaign rally Monday night. ), a member of the committee.Blunt said he did not share Paul's view that the whistleblower's identity should be made public “but it's also not my view that the whistleblower should be able to answer questions anonymously.” “The whistleblower should come and answer questions for the Intel Committee,” Blunt said. “I write whistleblower laws. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is also tight with Trump, said the public should “absolutely” know the whistleblower’s identity and argued the whistleblower statute is being “terribly abused.”“I don’t think the president of the United States needs to be impeached based on an anonymous complaint,” Graham said. "If Congress and others do not protect my client's anonymity — which my client is afforded to by law — not only does it jeopardize their safety, but it jeopardizes an entire system that took decades to build. The Senate Intelligence Committee is also interested in the whistleblower, according to Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo. Rand Paul called on the media last week to print the name of the whistleblower in the Trump impeachment inquiry. I got to go by what the law says, and things of that nature so I made my position pretty clear,” he added. "I cannot stress enough how wrong and dangerous these efforts are," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said last week of calls to name the whistleblower. said Tuesday that whistleblowers should be able to come forward but added — in an echo of Trump and his allies — “people ought to be able to face their accusers.”Andrew Bakaj, an attorney for the whistleblower, tweeted guidance for members of Congress to not expose his client's identity. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said officials “ought to respect the whistleblower laws,” as did Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.).
And the whistleblower, because of that, should be revealed," Trump said to reporters last fall, adding that the whistleblower's attorney should be sued "for treason".