The entire “whistleblower” thing is a fraud perpetrated by conspirators, Atkinson, Ciaramella, Schiff’s staff, and others. Fraud varies in seriousness by the magnitude of the fraud, defrauding someone out of a nickel isn’t much of a crime. Defrauding the Senate is a bigger deal.
Indeed. The whistleblower fraud was concocted to launder intelligence Schiff obtained by other means, such as the AT&T taps.