Legal counsel for the whistleblower whose testimony was integral to the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump, Mark Zaid, called for Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn to resign from the Senate Whistleblower Caucus in the light of her remarks which Zaid called 'hostile.'
Is the âwhistleblowerâ a Democrat operative?reached out to Blackburn for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
Formed in 2015 by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican, the Senate Whistleblower Caucus was designed to"raise awareness of the need for adequate protections against retaliation for private sector and government employees who call attention to wrongdoing," according to a news release. Blackburn was named to the caucus this year.
Blackburn is currently serving her first term in the senate having previously been voted into Tennessee's 7th Congressional district. She is the first female U.S. Senator to represent Tennessee. Attorney for the whistleblower in the impeachment case against President Donald Trump, Mark Zaid, has called for Senator Marsha Blackburn to resign from the Senate Whistleblower Caucus after some of her remarks on Twitter.Republicans made repeated public attempts during impeachment proceedings to have the whistleblower's identity revealed or for that person to come forward and testify.
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