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Lindsey Graham Calls for Whistleblower Identity to Be Released
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1:02Now PlayingSenator Lindsey Graham is calling for the identity of the whistleblower who spurred the impeachment inquiry to be made public.
But Democrats are pushing back saying that demand by some Republicans is "simply revenge" and would discourage other whistleblowers from coming forward in the future.
In recent weeks, a name has circulated in conservative media of a man said to be the whistleblower. The president's son, Donald Trump Jr., on Wednesday tweeted a link to a story on the Breitbart website that used the name. He also included the name in his tweet.
U.S. whistleblower laws exist to protect the identity and careers of people who bring forward accusations of wrongdoing by government officials. Lawmakers in both parties have historically backed those protections. The Associated Press typically does not reveal the identity of whistleblowers.
The identity of the whistleblower is almost a moot point: Much of the unnamed person's August complaint about Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been corroborated and expanded upon by officials' on-the-record, congressional testimony and the reconstructed, partial transcript of the call released by the White House.
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