Or maybe non-US folks should post more, to balance out the ratio lol

Just gonna point out that correlation does not imply causation. The argument needs to be deeper than just the stats.

I think they mainly fear that if they pardoned him, it will create a knock on effect leading to even more whistleblowers. People who were on the fence about becoming whistleblowers would see that the repercussions aren’t that severe anymore and hence might take that step.