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Ted Cruz: “Federal law and typically state law protects whistleblowers…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Minnesota Fraud Whistleblowers Hunted, the Fight for the Future of College Athletics & Controvers...

Published | Video Starts at 01:23

… because the governor was coming after the whistleblower, not those that were committing the crimes in Minnesota with his new shocking report. Well, that is inevitably, number one, the law, Federal law and typically state law protects whistleblowers, giving them legal protection. because you want whistleblowers to call attention to fraud. But number two, if a government official goes after the whistleblowers, attacks the whistleblowers, refuses to follow the law and whistleblowers, that is powerful indication of a guilty mind, that you're covering something up. (01:23–01:34)

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