Let's have a look at the three FBI "whistleblowers" who testified today in front of crackpot predator protector Rep. Jim "Gym" Jordan's meta- projection "weaponization of government" subcommittee:
The FBI has revoked the security clearances of three agents for issues related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a letter from the bureau to congressional investigators obtained by ABC News.
One of the agents was among the pro-Trump mob at the U.S. Capitol, according to the FBI, and the two others are alleged to have hindered investigative efforts.
At least two of the agents -- Steve Friend and Marcus Allen -- are expected to testify Thursday before the Republican-led House select subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government as part of its probe into the federal government's purported wrongdoings against conservatives. [snip]
According to the letter, agent Brett Gloss knowingly entered a restricted zone around the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack, in violation of the law.
"The FBI reviewed communications in which Mr. Gloss expressed support for the protestors' unauthorized entry into the Capitol building and support for their criminal acts against the U.S," said the letter, which was sent Wednesday.
The letter also said Gloss provided false or misleading information during an interview about what he observed at the Capitol on Jan. 6, and whether he entered the restricted zone.
The agents' security clearances were revoked earlier this month, the letter said.
"Specifically, the Security Division found Mr. Allen espoused alternative theories to coworkers verbally and in emails and instant messages sent on the FBI systems, in apparent attempts to hinder investigative activity," the letter to investigators said, alleging that Allen failed to provide relevant information about criminal activity at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The bureau also says that Friend refused to participate in a court-authorized search and arrest of a criminal suspect and also espoused an alternate narrative of Jan. 6.
In addition to these concerns, the FBI also said in their letter that Friend would post sensitive FBI information on his social media accounts and did an interview with a Russian news agency without approval from the FBI's office of public affairs. (our emphasis)
These three are prime examples of the failure to screen out fascists during the hiring process. They clearly violated their oaths to "support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic" and "to faithfully discharge the duties of the office..." They placed allegiance to the corrupt coup plotter above allegiance to the country and to our democratic form of government, and now Gym paraded them in front of his kangaroo subcommittee in the continuing effort by Christofascist Republicans to whitewash the January 6 insurrection.
We need to continue to note who these un-American, coup- friendly people are for posterity (if not for prosecution).
BONUS: Here's what former FBI counterintelligence official Frank Figliuzzi had to say about the hearing --
"Essentially Jim Jordan wasn't ready for this. The FBI has called his bluff with this letter... It means the FBI's about had it with the myth that they're retaliating against employees for merely expressing conservative opinions" - @FrankFigliuzzi1 w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/DWMx9zQjcS
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 18, 2023
(Photo: Gym conferring with alleged sexual predator Matt Gaetz on the subcommittee/ Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
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