n a normal administration I think you're right, but this isn't a normal administration. Officials who take an oath are sworn to uphold the constitution, not to follow orders from the president. Soldiers have a duty to disobey illegal orders, and DOJ attorneys have similar traditions.
If the president and top Justice department officials are knowingly and repeatedly ordering them to take actions that are clearly illegal, and are publicly known to be doing so.. they're not whistleblowers, they're conscientious objectors to a criminal enterprise being run openly by public officials.
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