That's a legal defense, right? And you use a legal defense in court, correct? And he's refusing to show up in court? How is that the court's fault -- what would you ask the court to do, exonerate him without at trial? How is that a better form of justice?

-david

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 1:13 PM Karl <gmkarl@gmail.com> wrote:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblower_Protection_Act

The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(8)-(9), Pub.L. 101-12 as amended, is a United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. A federal agency violates the Whistleblower Protection Act if agency authorities take (or threaten to take) retaliatory personnel action against any employee or applicant because of disclosure of information by that employee or applicant.