The officials say they were punished for questioning the FBI's intention to investigate concerned parents at school board meetings Conservatives at the FBI are also facing a 'purge' as agency leadership wants them out, say whistleblowers
By KELLY LACO, EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF POLITICS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 08:00 EDT, 18 May 2023
The House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released a new report building upon disclosures by FBI whistleblowers detailing severe retaliation they endured after speaking out about 'politicized rot' in the bureau.
'The FBI, under Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, is broken,' write the Republicans led by Jim Jordan of Ohio, the select committee chairman in the report released Thursday.
'The leadership at the FBI and Justice Department have weaponized federal law enforcement against everyday Americans, seeking to silence those who dare to have a different viewpoint,' it continues.
Steven Friend (right) had his security clearance revoked last September after he vocalized concerns to his superiors
The report, titled 'FBI Whistleblower Testimony Highlights Government Abuse, Misallocation of Resources, and Retaliation' says whistleblowers have had their security clearances revoked, been suspended without pay and some have been left 'homeless' for speaking up on abuses they have witnessed.
Jordan said the report shows that the federal agency is trying to 'crush' viewpoints that they don't agree with.
'If you're a parent attending a school board meeting, you're pro-life or praying at a clinic or you're a Catholic simply going to Mass you are a target of the government, target of the FBI,' he said at a press conference.
But worse than that, he continued, is if you are a good, brave whistleblower 'you get attacked, they will try to crush you.'
The FBI has been under the spotlight this week as a long-awaited report by Special Counsel John Durham was released - finding that the FBI did not have enough 'factual evidence' to investigate allegations of Trump-Russia collusion.
The news of the new report comes just before a 9 a.m. ET hearing by the House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
Three former FBI officials outlined in the report - suspended special agents Garret O'Boyle and Steve Friend, as well as former State Operations Specialist Marcus Allen - will testify.
They are anticipated to detail the alleged 'abuses of power' by FBI leadership - ranging from discrimination against conservatives to inflation of domestic terrorism statistics.
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