New Filing: FBI is Breaking the Law in its 2 Years' of Retaliation Against FBI #Whistleblower Marcus Allen
Press release:
New complaint to @JusticeOIG and OPR:
(full PDF)
🧵1. ...with highlights below. empr.me/48Nezyi
empr.me/4b5FnLD
🧵2. The @FBI has forced Marcus Allen's family to deplete their retirement savings by suspending him without pay for the last two years while it delays any resolution with every trick in the book.
Yanking his clearance violates PPD-19.
Yanking his paycheck violates 5 USC 2303.
🧵3. After the @FBI yanked his paycheck with no due process, Marcus asked to take another job while waiting for the FBI's security review.
@FBI ignored his request until it was too late and has also asserted the authority to stop his family from accepting charity.
🧵4. Why? It all starts with the @FBI Director Wray's testimony to the U.S. Senate, where he left the impression that the FBI had not infiltrated groups involved in the J6 Capitol riot.
🧵5. Mainstream outlets like the @nytimes raised doubts. So did @DarrenJBeattie, @RevolverNewsUSA. Marcus forwarded all these articles to his superiors @FBI and raised the issue to their attention, which was part of his job.
🧵6. His bosses called Marcus on the carpet. But one of them later admitted to @FBI Security Division (SecD) that Marcus "was likely influenced by his knowledge [Charlotte Field Office] did have a source at the Capitol, who was reporting as the events unfolded on January 6."
🧵7. Marcus is a decorated Marine combat veteran with excellent evaluations and a spotless record.
His bosses admitted his Qs were reasonable and raised no questions about his loyalty to the U.S.
Still, @FBI grasped at straws to smear him as "hostile" to the U.S. govt.
🧵8. @FBI thinks it can do whatever it wants as long as it uses the security clearance process as the pretext.
But, in this complaint, we are not challenging the security clearance decision itself (which still isn't final) but rather yanking his pay to pressure him financially.
🧵9. By denying his right to take other work and preventing from accepting charitable donations, the @FBI has put him in a box.
It's perfectly designed to force a resignation, so that the @FBI's unlawful retaliation gets swept under the rug.
It usually works. Not this time.
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