Claim: In one heated exchange during day three of the impeachment hearings, Rep. Adam Schiff cut off a line of questioning to protect the whistleblower's identity, saying the whistleblower has "a statutory right to anonymity." But the law he cited does not explicitly prohibit members of Congress from disclosing a whistleblower's name.
Fact-check: Legal Implications of Outing the Whistleblower - FactCheck.org
Verdict: in one heated exchange during day three of the impeachment hearings, rep. adam schiff cut off a line of questioning to protect the whistleblower's identity, saying the whistleblower has "a statutory right to anonymity." but the law he cited does not explicitly prohibit members of congress from disclosing a whistleblower's name.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2019-11-20T16:53:21