âWe saw this letter that Mark Zaid, the âweâre going to get himâ guy, sent over to the White House last night â this is the cease and desist letter, in which theyâre pushing back on President Trump for saying he has the right to confront his accuser,â Jason Miller, former senior communications advisor on the 2016 Trump campaign discussed with the Presidentâs personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Episode 20 of War Room: Impeachment.
âCan you give us a little insight about what the Whistleblower Act actually does and does not provide protections for, and in particular this whole false canard that it grants some anonymity?â Miller asked Giuliani.
âIf a whistleblower could be anonymous, then you would have to amend the Constitution,â Giuliani explained, âBecause you canât be convicted without being faced by your accuser. So you talk about when I prosecuted the mafia. I couldnât prosecute them with Sammy the Bull [Salvatore Gravano] behind a screen. Sammy had to come out and look at John Gotti and take the risk.â
âItâs almost ridiculous to contemplate. The Whistleblower Act gives you protection against retribution â itâs mostly an employment act. It you gives you protection against retribution if you bring out dishonesty in your agency. There are a lot of civil remedies like that against corporations. But it doesnât say weâre going to put a man in prison, or weâre going to impeach a President of the United States, and he doesnât get a chance to face the person whoâs accusing him.â
âAfter all, the guy could be lying. Just because youâre a whistleblower, doesnât make you a saint. There are good whistleblowers, and there are bad whistleblowers. There are good informants, and there are bad informants. And thatâs why we have a trial, and thatâs why we have cross examination. Itâs in the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution.â
â[Adam] Schiff has completely trashed the Constitution.â