“...not an impeachable offense”
It’s not an offense of any kind. It’s a guy doing his job effectively. Though likely that is some kind of offense to Leftist whack jobs.
The major problem I have with Republicans is they tend to accept the premise of the leftist arguments. That is a 100% guaranteed recipe for disaster.
Sen Grassley of Iowa, made some statement last week about whistleblowers. He has a history of supporting whistleblower protections, and that’s a good thing.
EXCEPT, we aren’t talking about a legitimate or authentic case of whistleblowing! Of all people, he should have been the one shouting from the rafters of the Capitol to all who would listen, that this is pure unadulterated BS and an abuse of the system. Democrats are masters of the faulty, bogus premise and Republicans should never accept their lies at face value. He may be playing Eleventy dimensional chess and have a plan here, but I don’t know. He can be pretty crafty, but I don’t like these guys playing this close to the line. The Kavanaugh fecal festival, I didn’t think it could get any worse than that. Bottom line, the leftists don’t argue from a position of integrity or fair play or willingness to compromise or anything of the sort. Republicans try to be polite, while the Democrats engage in street fighting with switchblades.
Whistleblower protections are extended to prevent supervisor retaliation, or being passed over for promotion, things like that.
In this instance, or any other it does not preclude criminal prosecution for misdeeds or malfeasance, failure to safeguard sensitive information, etc. The Democrafs are trying to use this phony bolaogna plastic banana whistleblower operation as a “get out of jail free” card or human shield.
Some commentators aren’t even convinced this person actually exists, it’s just a figment of Shifty Schiff’s fevered imagination.