(CNN) Republicans and right-leaning pundits who have come to the defense of President Donald Trump during the impeachment inquiry have consistently attacked the original whistleblower, questioning the person's motive, making false claims around the rules for whistleblowing and invoking the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.

One line that defenders of Trump have hammered on is the idea that the President has the right to face the whistleblower.

"Every American has the right to confront their accuser," Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said on CBS on September 29. The same day, Trump wrote that "like every American, I deserve to meet my accuser.

On Twitter, Sen. Rand Paul noted Tuesday that "(e)nshrined in the 6th Amendment is the right to confront your accuser." The Kentucky Republican went on to write that the "Bill of Rights require accusers" to face the accused, insinuating -- along with other Trump defenders -- that the President has a right to meet the whistleblower.

So does the Sixth Amendment require the whistleblower to face Trump?

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