Enshrined in the 6th Amendment is the right to confront your accuser. 15th century Doges allowed anonymous allegations inserted in the mouth of the lion to convict the innocent with gossip.
In recent centuries, common law tradition and our very own Bill of Rights require accusers to appear face to face.
Advice from Mark Twain re: the Bocca di Leone of Venice: “These were the terrible Lions’ Mouths....
Advice from Mark Twain re: the Bocca di Leone of Venice: “These were the terrible Lions’ Mouths....
...these were the throats, down which went the anonymous accusation, thrust in secretly at dead of night by an enemy, that doomed many an innocent man to walk the Bridge of Sighs and descend into the dungeon which none entered and hoped to see the sun again.”
Whistleblowers are guaranteed protection from the repercussion of being fired, but the statute does not forbid anyone, other than the Inspector General, from revealing the whistleblower’s name. nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/…
This particular whistleblower is a material witness to the Biden conflict of interest scandal involving $50,000 paid monthly to Hunter Biden. The whistleblower should absolutely be subpoenaed and asked what he knew about the Biden corruption. realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/…
