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Empower Oversight asks Inspector General to Correct False Claim that his Office has Rejected FBI Whistleblower

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Empower Oversight transmitted a letter to the DOJ-OIG seeking confirmation that former FBI Special Agent Steve Friend’s concerns have not been “rejected” by his office, contrary to mischaracterizations in widely trumpeted congressional leaks.

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"The abuse of the security clearance process to retaliate and force [Friend] out of his job is also a broader concern, of which Friend’s case is only one prominent example" - @tristanleavitt

"In short, the Democrats claimed that your office had rejected [Friend's] concerns. Thus, I write to confirm our understanding that their claim is false and that your office still intends to interview Friend" - @tristanleavitt

"It is our understanding that several media outlets uncritically repeated the Democrat staff report’s mischaracterizations without bothering to ask your office." - @tristanleavitt

"We know for certain that other outlets asked your office for comment and clarification to confirm our understanding of the current status of Friend’s case, but received no response." - @tristanleavitt

"This suggests a disturbing situation in which your office’s silence is allowing its reputation for neutrality and objectivity to be hijacked by partisans...to leave a false impression with the public—all in the service of undermining a #whistleblower" - @tristanleavitt