House Select Subcommittee For the Weaponization of the Federal Government

[Kendra]

Imagine if an Adam Schiff staffer had paid
@AVindman
cash in exchange for his testimony, held phone calls with him and other congressional dems to coordinate it, & then offered him a high paying, no-show job at his PAC-affiliated NFP. Because that’s what republicans are doing.

[Kendra]

Jim Jordan isn't happy when Dan Goldman confronts him about rules during the "weaponization of the FBI" hearing.

Jordan: "We have the whistleblower testimony. He does not wish it to be made available to the Democrats at this time."

Goldman: "He doesn’t make committee rules!"

[Kendra]

Mueller, She Wrote
@MuellerSheWrote
AN EXAMPLE OF A WHISTLEBLOWER: someone who reports an FBI employee who downloaded unauthorized material onto a flash drive

NOT A WHISTLEBLOWER: the FBI employee who downloaded unauthorized material onto a flash drive

Mueller, She Wrote
@MuellerSheWrote
NEW: According to
@JaxAlemany
, Jim Jordan ASKED the FBI for info on his "whistleblowers." When the info came back that their clearances had been revoked for bad behavior, he said NEVER MIND and tried to hide it. That's why the FBI released the info. JORDAN ASKED FOR IT

[RTH10260]

FBI: Agents testifying on alleged abuses had clearances revoked over security concerns
The agents allege they were retaliated against, but a letter from the FBI claims multiple violations of bureau guidelines

By Jacqueline Alemany
Updated May 18, 2023 at 8:12 p.m. EDT|Published May 17, 2023 at 8:40 p.m. EDT

Former FBI agents Garret O'Boyle, Steve Friend and Marcus Allen, and the president of Empower Oversight, Tristan Leavitt, are sworn-in ahead of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on a new whistleblower report. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

Two FBI agents who appeared before a House subcommittee Thursday had their security clearances revoked this month over security concerns, according to a letter sent by the FBI to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and obtained by The Washington Post.

The letter, signed by FBI acting assistant director Christopher Dunham and addressed to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the chairman of the committee, came in response to a subpoena from the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government that sought information regarding the security clearance adjudications of former FBI agent Stephen Friend and Marcus Allen, an FBI agent who is suspended without pay.

Friend and Allen were billed by the committee as whistleblowers and testified Thursday about alleged abuses by the bureau. The agents claimed they were retaliated against for their actions, in part, related to the FBI’s investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

But Dunham’s letter to Jordan does not address that allegation. Instead, it alleges multiple violations of FBI rules and guidelines as the bureau’s reasoning for revoking the agents’ security clearances. Democrats on the subcommittee argued during the hearing that the agents did not fit the definition of whistleblower and argued their actions have been politically motivated.

The memo laying out the security clearance investigations was provided to Jordan after the GOP-led subcommittee declined the FBI’s offer to provide Jennifer Moore, the agency’s executive assistant director of human resources, for a second interview to answer questions about the security clearances. Friend and Allen have 30 days to appeal the decision to repeal the revocations.

In the letter, Dunham writes that Friend’s top-secret clearance was revoked Tuesday after a referral from the FBI’s Jacksonville, Fla., field office had prompted the bureau’s security division to open an investigation in September 2022. Friend’s security clearance was suspended on Sept. 16, 2022.

The investigation concluded that Friend presented a number of security concerns related to his personal conduct, handling of protected information and “use of information technology,” according to the letter.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... learances/

Guest link https://wapo.st/3BHpElp

[RVInit]

I wish Democrats had done a better job of making it clear in easy soundbites that these three did not in any way meet the definition of a whistleblower. This is just allowing Republicans to erase the impact of actual whistleblowers by redefining in the public mind what a whistleblower really is. They could have asked each of them if they had gone through the proper whistleblower process, defining exactly what that is, so it would be even more clear to the average American that these were simply disgruntled agents, ex-agents, or in the process of being routed out of the FBI, and not people who actually had properly reported any suspected wrongdoing by anyone within the agency. In fact, these so-called witnesses where themselves determined to have engaged in significant wrongdoing, mainly motivated by their political beliefs. If Jordan was actually truly looking for people within the government who were weaponizing due to political association, he found at least three. And put them on as so-called whistleblower witnesses. The Democrats should have openly mocked Jordan by pointing out that finally he has actually produced clear evidence that three members of the FBI corruptly refused to do their duty because of political beliefs.

I guess it's possible they did not have enough information ahead of time to do that. But that have that information now and I hope they will use it effectively.

[p0rtia]

Yep. Simple messaging.

For MAGA, "whistleblower" is the new term for "conspiracy theorist."

The weaponization of language continues.

Since every damn word Jordan says is a lie, it's hard to keep up. I think the committee Dems do a pretty good job. Too bad corporate media can't keep up.

[Kendra]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 8259&ei=23

One of House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan's, R-Ohio, so-called FBI "whistleblowers" is facing questions about whether he lied under oath about receiving financial support from longtime Trump ally Kash Patel, according to The Guardian.

Former FBI agent Garrett O'Boyle testified last week in Jordan's investigation into what Republicans have called the "weaponization" of agencies like the FBI against conservatives. Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., asked O'Boyle during the hearing whether Patel was helping to fund his legal defense.

"Not that I'm aware of," O'Boyle replied.

However, during a February interview with the House of Representatives weaponization subcommittee, O'Boyle stated that his legal fees were being paid for by Fight With Kash, or the Kash Foundation, a nonprofit organization helmed by Patel, according to The Guardian.

Additionally, a Democratic staff report published in March indicated that Patel had appointed former Trump attorney Jesse Binnall to be O'Boyle's counsel. The Guardian reported that Binnall is on the board of directors for the Kash Foundation.

More at the link. Original Salon.

[Luke]

Whenever there's trash and lying, you can count on good old Jesse Binnall to be there. He scampers like a rodent through the muck.

[bob]

FOX: House GOP investigating Bank of America for ‘voluntarily’ giving FBI list of customers related to Jan 6:

Bank of America allegedly turned over data on customers who made transactions in the Washington, DC, area around Jan. 6, 2021 and who purchased firearms

House Republicans are investigating whether Bank of America "voluntarily" turned over to the FBI a list of customers who made transactions in the days on and around the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, and those who purchased firearms with the bank’s credit and debit cards.

The House Judiciary Committee, its Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, and the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust are "conducting oversight" of the FBI’s receipt of "information about American citizens from private entities."

So the Weaponization Committee, which is a part of the federal government, is conducting a witch hunt concerning Bank of America, which is not part of the federal government.

The investigation comes after an FBI whistleblower testified to the committees that Bank of America, "with no directive from the FBI, data-mined its customer base" by compiling customers who used a Bank of America debit or credit card between Jan. 5 and Jan. 7, 2021.

Jordan and Massie explained to Moynihan that the FBI whistleblower told the committees that provided the FBI "voluntarily and without any legal process" with a list of those customers.

So the federal government didn't coerce anyone to narc on its customers, which is generally legal.

[RTH10260]

Would Bank of America have observed an uptick in gun purchases in that area just prior to J6? Would they have a program in place to alert them of a surge in purchase of certain problematic products? And if, would they really hand over customer data rather than just alerting authorities and wait for the subpoena?

[keith]

Would Bank of America have observed an uptick in gun purchases in that area just prior to J6? Would they have a program in place to alert them of a surge in purchase of certain problematic products? And if, would they really hand over customer data rather than just alerting authorities and wait for the subpoena?

Maybe some provision in the Patriot Act?

[New Turtle]

If they got served with a FISA warrant, they wouldn't be able to say. And I'm not sure even Congress members can get that info in an open forum, it may have to stay in a classified briefing.

[RTH10260]

If they got served with a FISA warrant, they wouldn't be able to say. And I'm not sure even Congress members can get that info in an open forum, it may have to stay in a classified briefing.

FISA would require some foreign meddling in the J6 event

[RVInit]

I noticed there seems to be no word on whether Pomerantz will be dragged in front of the whole committee. I guess that one was probably a complete bust.

[northland10]

If they got served with a FISA warrant, they wouldn't be able to say. And I'm not sure even Congress members can get that info in an open forum, it may have to stay in a classified briefing.

FISA would require some foreign meddling in the J6 event

I sure hope the feds are trying to follow the money. Certain foreign governments would definitely support something like Jan 6, not necessarily because they support Trump, but they want chaos in America. This is how they try to weaken us internationally.

If BOA notices suspect transactions, aren't they obligated to report them? The right is mad that laws they may have once supported are being used against them and not Arabs or Mexicans.

[bob]

FBI: Agents testifying on alleged abuses had clearances revoked over security concerns
The agents allege they were retaliated against, but a letter from the FBI claims multiple violations of bureau guidelines

By Jacqueline Alemany
Updated May 18, 2023 at 8:12 p.m. EDT|Published May 17, 2023 at 8:40 p.m. EDT

Former FBI agents Garret O'Boyle, Steve Friend and Marcus Allen, and the president of Empower Oversight, Tristan Leavitt, are sworn-in ahead of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on a new whistleblower report.

Whoops:

[Kendra]

What could go wrong?

Oh, it just so happens they want to bring in Biden’s primary opponent. But it’s all about the 1st Amendment. Because we need Congress to amplify his insane conspiracy theories.

SCOOP: The
@Weaponization
committee is making plans to hear public testimony from Democrat presidential candidate RFK Jr. at its next hearing, currently set for July 20.

Topic will focus on censorship.

On the plus side, Dan Goldman should be fun to watch when he gets his five minutes

[bob]

Topic will focus on censorship.

To state what should be obvious: No governmental entity is censoring Kennedy.

The basis for the "BiDEn WiLL lOSe THe NEw haMPShIrE PrImARy!!1" meme is the Democratic party and New Hampshire allowing Kennedy access to the primary ballot.

[RVInit]

Topic will focus on censorship.

To state what should be obvious: No governmental entity is censoring Kennedy.

The basis for the "BiDEn WiLL lOSe THe NEw haMPShIrE PrImARy!!1" meme is the Democratic party and New Hampshire allowing Kennedy access to the primary ballot.

But Dr Peter Hotez has declined to "debate" him, doesn't that count? Surely they can parlay that into something for their base to feel insulted and abused about.

[bob]

But Dr Peter Hotez has declined to "debate" him, doesn't that count? Surely they can parlay that into something for their base to feel insulted and abused about.

No doubt Dark Brandon jawboned a private citizen into ignoring nutjobs.

[raison de arizona]

House Democrats ask Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan to disinvite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from testifying before Jordan's weaponization of government subcommittee.

In the letter, Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Dan Goldman (D-NY), and Judy Chu (D-CA) wrote in part, “Mr. Kennedy is employing a pernicious form of anti-semitism that has been used for centuries. This technique was used by Hitler, claiming there are biological differences between ethnic or racist groups. A stepping stone to justifying the annihilation of the Jews during the Holocaust.”

https://www.politicususa.com/2023/07/17 ... oblem.html