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  1. whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblowernoun

    an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it

    "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"

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    whistle-blower, whistle blower

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  1. List of paraphrases for "whistleblower":

    informant

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  1. Chuck Grassley:

    The law protects The Whistleblower, i'm an advocate for whistleblowing and passed all these whistleblower protection laws, so I can only say we have to go by what the law says.

  2. Chuck Schumer:

    President Trump is missing an opportunity to nominate a fighter for workers, like a union member, to be Americas next Labor Department Secretary, instead, President Trump has again chosen someone who has proven to put corporate interests over those of worker rights. Workers and union members who believed President Trump when President Trump campaigned as pro-worker should feel betrayed. In 2005, Walmart hired Antonin Scalia to defend against whistleblower lawsuitsby employees who alleged wrongdoing in the company. Antonin Scalia also helped overturn a Maryland law in 2006 that would have required big companies such as Walmart to spend more on employee health care in the state. That law ran afoul of a federal statute aimed at reducing red tape for certain national employers, who otherwise would have had to afford significantly differentbenefits to employees depending on their state of employment. The Wall Street Journal wrote in 2012 that Antonin Scalia.

  3. Hunter Biden:

    It is time for this administration stop stonewalling and provide the Congress with all the facts it needs, including a copy of the formal complaint made by the whistleblower. And it's time for the Congress to fully investigate the conduct of this President.

  4. Adam Schiff:

    Why doesnt the president just say, Release the whistleblower complaint. Clearly hes afraid for the public to see, this would be the most profound violation of the presidential oath of office, certainly during this presidency, which says a lot, but perhaps during any presidency. There is no privilege that covers corruption. There is no privilege to engage in underhanded discussions.

  5. Mike Quigley:

    Let's put this in perspective, folks, what the inspector general said last time was the whistleblower pulled the fire alarm. We have now seen the smoke and the fire.


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