Dear friend,

Donald Trump is stepping up his dangerous attacks on the person who blew
the whistle on his efforts to extort the Ukraine government into helping
Trump interfere in the 2020 election.

The whistleblower's lawyer sent a cease and desist letter this week to the
White House warning that Trump was putting the whistleblower and their
family's safety at risk. But yesterday Trump once again went on TV to
demand the whistleblower's identity be released to the public.^1

Trump is not only risking the whistleblower's safety — he's trying to
intimidate other whistleblowers into silence. It's time to fight back.
Demand Progress members like you stood with whistleblowers like Edward
Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and Reality Winner. Now we need your help in
this urgent moment.

[ [link removed] ]Will you add your name right now and tell Congress: Protect the
identity and safety of the Ukraine whistleblower from Trump and his
allies!

Donald Trump has repeatedly made it clear he is willing to use the power
of the entire federal government to harass his perceived enemies, even
when it's a government employee simply doing their job.

Now Trump is threatening the safety of the whistleblower. In the letter to
the White House, the whistleblower's lawyer listed several examples of
Trump's "fixation" on the whistleblower's identity:

"Such statements seek to intimidate my client - and they have...Should any
harm befall any suspected named whistleblower or their family, the blame
will rest squarely with your client."^2

Trump wants to reveal the whistleblower so he and his allies can
intimidate them. Congress must step up and act now protect this and all
whistleblowers from harassment and retaliation from Donald Trump. Will you
help?

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Protect the identity and safety of the Ukraine
whistleblower from Trump and his allies!

Thank you for stepping up to protect whistleblowers.

Robert and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:
1. BBC News, "Trump wants whistleblower named despite 'physical danger'",
[ [link removed] ]November 8, 2019. 
2. Ibid.
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