Sen. Peters on Whistleblowers: ‘They May Be Putting Their Job in Jeopardy Coming Forward’

‘They may be putting their job in jeopardy coming forward... to bring information about the President of the United States himself’

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CAMEROTA: "Here was the president’s tweet: 'Like every American, I deserve to meet my accuser, especially when this accuser, the so-called "Whistleblower," represented a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way. Then Schiff made up what I actually said by lying to Congress.' What do you think about that tweet?" 
PETERS: "Well I think it’s outrageous. Whistleblowers by definition need to be anonymous. We deal with whistleblowers all the time in my committee, the Government Affairs Committee. We rely on whistleblowers coming forward to give us information so then we can ask the tough questions and try to ascertain the facts. Whistleblowers are taking great personal risk. They know it. It’s very difficult for someone to come forward. They know that they may be putting their job in jeopardy coming forward with this kind of information. And when you think about someone coming forward to bring information about the president of the United States himself, that is a very difficult decision. But yet we rely on whistle-blowers every day to provide information necessary to make sure the federal government is accountable to the people of the United States."

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