Whistleblowers have come forward with allegations that the F.B.I. is attempting to terminate employees that were involved in First Amendment activity during January 6th protest.
Among the justifications from the FBI for these suspicions is “Adjective Guideline A — Allegiance to the United States.”
According to the letter from Jordan, a ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee states:
“According to several whistleblowers, the FBI is suspending the security clearances of FBI employees for their participation in protected First Amendment activity on January 6, 2021.”
According to reports, the bureau wants to fire employees who actually showed up to these protests in good faith…
Jordan said that this reasoning implies that “the FBI believes the employees who attended protests on January 6 are no longer loyal to the United States.”
WLT further commented:
Aside from the hypocrisy I mentioned earlier, the move is purely political and completely unjust. These were simple protests that erupted into violence because of a few bad actors…more than likely undercover F.B.I. bad actors….
Most people at these protests were peaceful, and the F.B.I. itself confirmed that there was no premeditated violence on the part of Trump supporters—there was no insurrection.
How is this agency, or any other entity, for that matter, going to fire people who did nothing wrong? How can the wrongdoing of a few bad actors cast a negative light on the overwhelmingly peaceful majority?
Here’s a tweet from House Judiciary GOP confirming the news:
#NEWS: Whistleblowers alert that the FBI appears to be attempting to terminate the employment of employees who were engaged in protected First Amendment activity on January 6, 2021.
The employees did not enter the United States Capitol and have not been charged with any crime. pic.twitter.com/0WCIOsg620
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) May 6, 2022
What are we doing to help Jeremy Brown, a political prisoner, not for his participation in the Jan. 6th event, but because he became a whistleblower against the FBI. Now they want to silence him, and we are his only voice. https://t.co/EjCo3ianRU
— Catherine Chatham (@ChattyCatherin2) April 27, 2022
More details of this story from The Epoch Times report:
In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Republicans confirmed reports that the Department of Justice’s Inspector General’s office is considering investigating whether the FBI revoked the security clearances of agents who attended the rally last year.
Republicans in previous letters had argued that revoking their security passes essentially forces them out of a job because clearance is needed to work at the FBI.
Brady Knowlton strolled into the Capitol through a door held open by police Jan 6. Committed no violence or vandalism. Faces 20 years’ jail. His law degree was withheld, banned from bar exam, AirBNB banned him and his wife, his TSA status revoked. Watch https://t.co/R7IpM8jbPQ
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) May 5, 2022
Just another of DOJ’s surveillance video of Pelosi’s ‘Entrapment Tour.’ But nothing to see here, please go away.
At 2:47 pm who ordered the Capital Police to stop welcoming protesters into the Capital building on Jan 6th? pic.twitter.com/9csfyVHn8W
— RealRobert (@Real_RobN) May 2, 2022
And here’s what Reuters previously reported:
Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged participants, the FBI at this point believes the violence was not centrally coordinated by far-right groups or prominent supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to the sources, who have been either directly involved in or briefed regularly on the wide-ranging investigations.
Jordan wrote that it is “extremely concerning that the FBI would seek to suspend the security clearances of these employees and begin the process to potentially terminate their employment altogether.”
Sources: WLT, Reuters, The Epoch Times