Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Schumer Wants to Protect Whistleblowers Amid Trump Payback Associated Press WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the nation's 74 inspectors general to protect government whistleblowers amid President Donald Trump's ouster of key government officials in the impeachment probe. In a letter Monday to the Defense Department inspector general, Schumer said Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman has been "viciously attacked" by the Republican president after "bravely stepping forward to tell the truth." .