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Jamie Raskin: “We have had to legislate to protect whistleblowers in the past because they often irritate people.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2020
We have had to legislate to protect whistleblowers in the past because they often irritate people.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin discusses the need for laws to protect whistleblowers from backlash.

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