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 <[1]gmkarl@gmail.com> wrote:

   [2]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 [3]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.

References

   1. mailto:gmkarl@gmail.com
   2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblower_Protection_Act
   3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblowers