Bureau whistleblowers are claiming that the FBI is using the January 6 riot at the Capitol as a pretext to perform a political purge of agents. This purge targets FBI agents and other employees who simply exercised their constitutionally protected rights and attended the January 6 rally โ and committed no crimes.
โThe employees did not enter the United Statesย Capitolย and have not been charged with any crimeโ but are allegedly still being fired, said the House Judiciary GOP in aย Twitter postย on Friday, citing unnamed whistleblowers at the Bureau.
In response to a letter from Republican lawmakers to the FBI Director Christopher Wray โย signed by House Judiciary Ranking Member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) โย theย congressmen confirmed reports that the Department of Justice's Inspector General's (DOJIG) office is considering investigating whether the FBI revoked the security clearances of agents who simply attended the rally last year.ย
As most who have worked in federal law enforcement or intelligence know, revoking security clearances makes it impossible to do the job. As the letter notes,ย โthese actions [revoking clearances] mean the FBI has suspended these employees indefinitely.โ
On Thursday Fox News noted that:
โฆthe FBI revoked their clearances, citing โAdjudicative Guideline A โ Allegiance to the United States. This move appears to follow a Democratic tactic in conflating peaceful protesters on Jan. 6 with those who actively stormed the Capitol in an apparent attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote for President Biden.
Fox News alsoย reportedย that the DOJIG Michael Horowitz told House Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in a reply letter that his office โwill ask the FBI to provide the bases for the security clearance and personnel actions taken against the employees you reference in your letter.โ
The IG added: โIn making such an assessment, we will also consider information about other employees who believe the FBI has taken administrative actions against them for engaging in protected activities on January 6, 2021.โย
While the Hatch Act prohibits FBI and other government employees from engaging in partisan political campaigns or political management, The Epoch Timesย reportedย that Friday's letter noted that despite the Hatch Act:
FBI employees do not give up their rights to engage in political speech activity. We have serious concerns that the FBI appears to be retaliating against employees for engaging in political speech disfavored by FBI leadership.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions ofย American Liberty News.
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Is it really surprising that the Biden administration is deliberately ignoring the law whenever it wants to or is benefitted by such? All one has to do is look to the southern border or inflation or all of the executive orders coming from this illegitimate administration to see that they do NOT care about our representative democracy or its people.
The only disturbances, insurrection and crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 were planned, staged and carried out by the seditious DNC/FBI/ATF/DC Capitol Police/ANTIFA crisis actors. …like FBI plant Ray Epps!
Yes, part of the blame is Xi den, puglosi and the current regime. But donโt forget where and by whom it started; the 20/30 something iphone generation, parent hater, obamavoters.
FBI NOW CORRUPT TO THE CORE. ALL AMERICAN AGENTS HAVE BEEN PURGED.
LETS HOPE THOSE PERSECUTED WILL TURN ON THEIR PIG BOSSES AT THE TOP OF THIS ROTTING AGENCY,