Warning to whistleblowers: “We are back in the days of the Red Scare”

Mark Zaid : Government employees who report possible malfeasance are almost certain to be targeted by the second Trump administration.

Zaid is a lawyer likely to represent some of them; over the past two decades , he has provided legal counsel to a long list of federal employees and intelligence officers, including whistleblowers.

The Supreme Court decision from the January 6 prosecution has effectively given him near or full immunity for any presidential-type action.

The only thing that has stopped that from occurring over the course of a century has been public policy, practice, and norms.

Whistleblower Aid provides free legal representation to whistleblowers, both in the private and public sectors, and has been doing so for nearly a decade .

The White House knew who the whistleblower was, and they absolutely were pushing the name behind the scenes quietly.