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ANALYSIS – Outrageous secret police – the left-wing politicization of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under Joe Biden is the new McCarthyism.
Agents from the overzealous, and seemingly partisan, “Security Division” of the FBI asked at least one colleague questions in an official capacity about his support for former President Donald Trump, support for the Second Amendment and his views on the COVID-19 vaccine.
This, according to a complaint to the Justice Department (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) by whistleblower advocacy group Empower Oversight who is asking for an investigation.
In that case, the advocacy group noted that the 12-year employee of the bureau was receiving his regular top-secret security clearance review when he was asked these highly inappropriate questions. Investigators also interviewed at least three witnesses to determine if the colleague had been known to “vocalize support for President Trump” or “vocalize objections to Covid-19 vaccination.” (RELATED: FBI Fed Info To Congressional Dems On Whistleblowers Ahead Of Hearing On Political Weaponization Of FBI)
Sources claim that the FBI gathered information on other employees’ political views, suggesting the practice was not isolated to this one employee who admitted attending the January 6, 2021, pro-Trump rally. He never entered the Capitol.
Based on the available evidence, this security review process provides clear evidence of political bias against conservatives inside the bureau.
As Just the News reported:
The agents also asked witnesses whether the FBI worker had “attended the Richmond Lobby Day event” in January 2021, a rally for supporters of the Second Amendment in Virginia. The agents’ notes referred to the colleague they were vetting as a “gun nut” but who in engaged in “no promotion of violence.”
FBI officials declined comment about why a worker’s support for Trump and the Second Amendment or his hesitancy to get the COVID-19 vaccine had relevance to his security clearance.
They also declined to answer whether similar questions about support for Joe Biden or other medical issues, such as a woman’s support for abortion.
In a letter to the DOJ inspector general, the FBI employee’s lawyer, Tristan Leavitt, [who runs the nonprofit Empower Oversight center specializing in whistleblower cases] revealed his client made protected whistleblower disclosures to both Congress and the DOJ about the politicization of the security clearance process, which he alleged he was put through simply because he self-reported having taken a vacation day to go to Washington D.C. for the Jan. 6, 2021 rally.
Uncovered memos from the investigating agents provide significant insights into what the agents believed were relevant to whether the FBI employee should keep his clearance.
The employee “had right wing views, nothing extreme,” one agent noted about his colleague’s Trump support. Elsewhere, agents wrote the employee was “def Trump supporter, strong republican values.”
In another set of notes the agent again noted the worker’s support for Trump, writing: “Very significantly supported, would listen to talk shows. Trump did not lose. Dems stole it. Militant point of view. Never implied would do anything aggressive/physical.”
On vaccine hesitancy, agents noted that the employee was: “Very against masks and vaccines. Not vaccinated,” adding “tried not to wear mask.”
Regarding the employee’s Second Amendment views, agents described the witnesses’ answers as: “Gun nut, went to all 2nd Amendment gatherings,” while adding: “…No promotion of violence.” (RELATED: Biden FBI Now Under Investigation For Woke DEI Hiring Scheme)
The FBI employee’s security clearance was revoked a few months after the interviews were conducted, and agents had confirmed his support for Trump, gun rights and his declining the experimental COVID vaccine.
In his letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Leavitt wrote:
Instead of limiting its investigation to legitimate issues, SecD (Security Division) acted as if support for President Trump, objecting to COVID-19 vaccinations, or lawfully attending a protest was the equivalent of being a member of Al Qaeda or the Chinese Communist Party.
An IG investigation should determine how widespread this politicized security review process is, and Congress must take immediate steps to put an end to it.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
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Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for state and federal office, taught political science, wrote for the editorial board of a major newspaper and had his own radio show. A graduate of Georgetown, London and Cambridge universities, he brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty – at home and from abroad. To read more go to: paulcrespo.com.
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ANALYSIS – Outrageous secret police – the left-wing politicization of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under Joe Biden is the new McCarthyism.
Agents from the overzealous, and seemingly partisan, “Security Division” of the FBI asked at least one colleague questions in an official capacity about his support for former President Donald Trump, support for the Second Amendment and his views on the COVID-19 vaccine.
This, according to a complaint to the Justice Department (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) by whistleblower advocacy group Empower Oversight who is asking for an investigation.
In that case, the advocacy group noted that the 12-year employee of the bureau was receiving his regular top-secret security clearance review when he was asked these highly inappropriate questions. Investigators also interviewed at least three witnesses to determine if the colleague had been known to “vocalize support for President Trump” or “vocalize objections to Covid-19 vaccination.” (RELATED: FBI Fed Info To Congressional Dems On Whistleblowers Ahead Of Hearing On Political Weaponization Of FBI)
Sources claim that the FBI gathered information on other employees’ political views, suggesting the practice was not isolated to this one employee who admitted attending the January 6, 2021, pro-Trump rally. He never entered the Capitol.
Based on the available evidence, this security review process provides clear evidence of political bias against conservatives inside the bureau.
As Just the News reported:
Uncovered memos from the investigating agents provide significant insights into what the agents believed were relevant to whether the FBI employee should keep his clearance.
The employee “had right wing views, nothing extreme,” one agent noted about his colleague’s Trump support. Elsewhere, agents wrote the employee was “def Trump supporter, strong republican values.”
In another set of notes the agent again noted the worker’s support for Trump, writing: “Very significantly supported, would listen to talk shows. Trump did not lose. Dems stole it. Militant point of view. Never implied would do anything aggressive/physical.”
On vaccine hesitancy, agents noted that the employee was: “Very against masks and vaccines. Not vaccinated,” adding “tried not to wear mask.”
Regarding the employee’s Second Amendment views, agents described the witnesses’ answers as: “Gun nut, went to all 2nd Amendment gatherings,” while adding: “…No promotion of violence.” (RELATED: Biden FBI Now Under Investigation For Woke DEI Hiring Scheme)
The FBI employee’s security clearance was revoked a few months after the interviews were conducted, and agents had confirmed his support for Trump, gun rights and his declining the experimental COVID vaccine.
In his letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Leavitt wrote:
An IG investigation should determine how widespread this politicized security review process is, and Congress must take immediate steps to put an end to it.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
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Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for state and federal office, taught political science, wrote for the editorial board of a major newspaper and had his own radio show. A graduate of Georgetown, London and Cambridge universities, he brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty – at home and from abroad. To read more go to: paulcrespo.com.
Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for state and federal office, taught political science, wrote for the editorial board of a major newspaper and had his own radio show. A graduate of Georgetown, London and Cambridge universities, he brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty – at home and from abroad. To read more go to: paulcrespo.com.
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