F.B.I. Revokes Security Clearances of 3 Agents Over Jan. 6 Issues

[onthedarkside]

 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has revoked the security clearances of three agents who either took part in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, or later expressed views about it that placed into question their “allegiance to the United States,” the bureau said on Wednesday in a letter to congressional investigators.

The letter, written by a top official at the F.B.I., came one day before at least two of the agents — Marcus Allen and Stephen Friend — were set to testify in front of a House Judiciary subcommittee investigating what Republicans contend is the “weaponization” of the federal government against conservatives.

 

For several months, Republican lawmakers have been courting F.B.I. agents who they believe support their contentions that the bureau and other federal agencies have been turned against former President Donald J. Trump and his supporters both before and after the Capitol attack.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/politics/fbi-security-clearance-jan-6.html

 

 

No paywall archive link

[Tug]

Those are Jim Jordan’s whistle blowers 3 disgruntled f.b.I.agents 2 have been fired 1 lost his security clearance because he can’t be trusted they got shredded in the meeting today and yet again Jordan looked the fool

[AndyFoxy]

The Stasi at work.

[ozimoron]

I watched the whole hearing on YT.

 

They had nothing substantive to offer. They came across as political extremists with grievances. One even stated that he had "declared an oath of allegiance to the constitution, not the FBI".

 

The notion that they, as serving FBI agents, can attend an obvious politically motivated riot where the participants had no legal right of entry and knew it and knew they were unlawfully on premises and engaging in unlawful behavior by merely being there should not be sanctioned by the FBI is ridiculous. They could have been under no uncertainty that law enforcement was requiring them to leave.

 

When an officer of the law in my country commits an offense it's automatically classified as egregious. I assume it's the same in the US.

Edited May 19, 2023 by ozimoron

[ozimoron]

Former President Trump on Thursday responded to the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government’s hearing earlier that day, claiming that he too is a “victim” of the “weaponization.”

“Very sad watching what took place today in Congress regarding Whistleblowers and the FBI. There has never been a time like this in our Country, the complete weaponization of Justice,” Trump said on his Truth Social account.

 

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4011717-trump-responds-to-house-weaponization-hearing-i-am-a-victim-also/

[ozimoron]

The FBI whistleblowers in question, as argued by Democrats as part of a 316-page report released in March, have each endorsed "an alarming series of conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the Covid vaccine, and the validity of the 2020 election." One also repeatedly called for the dismantling of the FBI.

Friend and O'Boyle both testified that they received money from Kash Patel, a Trump ally and former high-ranking official in the Trump administration, according to The New York Times.

 

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-accuse-christopher-wray-corruption-fbi-1801265

[ozimoron]

Democrats countered by arguing that the GOP, in the words of Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), was using the hearing as “a vehicle to legitimize the events of Jan. 6 and the people who perpetrated it.”

They questioned the FBI agents’ credibility and whether they should be considered whistleblowers, sparred with Republicans over access to documents and materials, and accused the panel of being a tool for former President Trump.

“This select committee is a clearing house for testing conspiracy theories for Donald Trump to use in his 2024 presidential campaign,” said Del. Stacey Plaskett (V.I.), the panel’s ranking Democrat. 

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4011296-tensions-flare-in-weaponization-panel-hearing-with-sidelined-fbi-agents/

[riclag]

Fbi rank and file people who want to speak out and submit testimony are fearful to come out and speak ! 
Rep Johnson said they have more coming though. Tip of the hat to them ! Stay safe.
https://youtu.be/RAcSvygDfMs

 

Edited May 19, 2023 by riclag

[ozimoron]

21 minutes ago, riclag said:

Fbi rank and file people who want to speak out and submit testimony are fearful to come out and speak ! 
Rep Johnson said they have more coming though. Tip of the hat to them ! Stay safe.
https://youtu.be/RAcSvygDfMs

 

   Yeah they're so fearful that at least 2 of them had to be paid to speak.

[riclag]

The fbi must be reformed imop

“Allen, an FBI staff operations specialist who served two tours in Iraq with the Marines, was suspended without pay after the FBI condemned him for having “conspiratorial views in regards to the events of January 6th.” 

His crime? As part of his research task, he forwarded a link to an open website that said “federal law enforcement had some degree of infiltration among the crowds gathered at the Capitol.”

 https://nypost.com/2023/05/18/democrats-attack-fbi-whistleblowers-giving-cover-to-the-agencys-abuses/

[Chomper Higgot]

10 hours ago, AndyFoxy said:

The Stasi at work.

Well an attempt by extremists wishing the Republicans to turn the FBI into their own ‘Stasi’.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

5 minutes ago, riclag said:

The fbi must be reformed imop

“Allen, an FBI staff operations specialist who served two tours in Iraq with the Marines, was suspended without pay after the FBI condemned him for having “conspiratorial views in regards to the events of January 6th.” 

His crime? As part of his research task, he forwarded a link to an open website that said “federal law enforcement had some degree of infiltration among the crowds gathered at the Capitol.”

 https://nypost.com/2023/05/18/democrats-attack-fbi-whistleblowers-giving-cover-to-the-agencys-abuses/

Of course ‘the FBI must be reformed’ However else are they to be prevented from doing their duty and investigating the crimes of Trump and his coconspirators

[Tug]

3 minutes ago, riclag said:

The fbi must be reformed imop

“Allen, an FBI staff operations specialist who served two tours in Iraq with the Marines, was suspended without pay after the FBI condemned him for having “conspiratorial views in regards to the events of January 6th.” 

His crime? As part of his research task, he forwarded a link to an open website that said “federal law enforcement had some degree of infiltration among the crowds gathered at the Capitol.”

 https://nypost.com/2023/05/18/democrats-attack-fbi-whistleblowers-giving-cover-to-the-agencys-abuses/

The F.B.I. Employees 35,000 people so far you have 3 fired disgruntled ex employees not much,as far as the guy that served he’s radicalized and was fired.I f that point is meaningful to you you must be absolutely enraged at mr trump for disrespecting pows hummm……or not attending the veterans memorial in France on account of his (hair) or dodging the draft? The republicans are clutching at straws pure desperation on their part 

[ozimoron]

17 minutes ago, riclag said:

The fbi must be reformed imop

“Allen, an FBI staff operations specialist who served two tours in Iraq with the Marines, was suspended without pay after the FBI condemned him for having “conspiratorial views in regards to the events of January 6th.” 

His crime? As part of his research task, he forwarded a link to an open website that said “federal law enforcement had some degree of infiltration among the crowds gathered at the Capitol.”

 https://nypost.com/2023/05/18/democrats-attack-fbi-whistleblowers-giving-cover-to-the-agencys-abuses/

Is he the one who is also accused of downloading official documents?