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Jan 23 10 tweets 4 min read Read on X
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. Image
🧵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. Image
🧵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. Image
🧵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. Image
🧵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."Image
🧵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. Image
🧵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. Image
🧵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. Image

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More from @JsnFostr

Feb 27
NEW FOIA: Two weeks ago, we sought documents on the @FBI's #whistleblower retaliation against Marcus Allen by denying him the ability to work while suspended w/o pay—for the last two years

Now, we are seeking documents on @FBI's claim that his family is not allowed to accept charitable contributions from the public to meet basic living expenses.

Press Release:
Full Request PDF:

🧵1. Highlights below...👇 cc: co-counsel, @ACLjohnempr.me/4bTP7sQr
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🧵2. A successful @GiveSendGo campaign raised thousands of small-dollar donations to help the families of Marcus and other @FBI #whistleblowers like @GOBactual.

But, a politically motivated #WarOnWhistleblowers pressured @TheJusticeDept and @FBI to block the charity.

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🧵3. Marcus sought independent legal advice and we have been pressing the @FBI to explain how and why prohibitions on gifts should apply to Marcus's family under these circumstances.

The @FBI has been slow to respond b/c delay benefits them while Marcus and his family deplete their savings. So, now we're seeking all their internal communications about the issue.Image
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Dec 5, 2023
🧵1. Highlights from the 77-page report released today by the House Judiciary, Ways & Means, and Oversight Committee
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2. Early examples of preferential treatment. Just to open a case and start investigating, there was a higher bar than for the average person.

By the time investigators were ready to start interviewing witnesses, President-elect Joe Biden's transition team got tipped off.
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3. Delaware AUSA Lesley Wolf halts any logical investigative follow-ups that might lead to President Joe Biden.
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Oct 25, 2023
True. Not just me, but also other House and Senate staffers, both Democrat and Republican.

An outrageous fishing expedition to gather intel on the comms of attorneys for cmtes doing DOJ oversight.

Here's the grand jury subpoena @Google provided. The red redaction is mine.
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Sep 27, 2023
A link to all new IRS #whistleblower docs the House cmte voted to release today is below along with @tristanleavitt's highlight thread.
2. The first one listed on the cmte website is an affidavit from IRS #whistleblower Joseph Ziegler.

It summarizes all the other new documents he provided and the cmte released.

gop-waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/upl…
3. Ziegler provided supporting documents for his previous testimony that Hunter Biden falsely characterized his income from corrupt Ukrainian energy company Burisma as a loan to evade income tax.

Ziegler explains it was willful b/c he was told. Still didn't amend return or pay.
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Sep 8, 2023
No excuse. Image
They turned a blind eye, exposing the sensitive, private info of Veterans and whistleblowers.
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Aug 31, 2023
🙄 Solution below ⬇️🧵…

Do this *now*, @Jim_Jordan, @RepJamesComer, @RepJasonSmith, @SpeakerMcCarthy, @HouseGOP

Before any contempt votes, so that the threat of contempt has some teeth.

Before any funding for the next fiscal year is considered in Sept….

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Simple solution.

No executive branch agency or court could stop you.

The Senate can’t stop you.

House rules are none of their business.

No one can make you consider any bill in order that funds the salary of officials defying your subpoenas. Period.

And why would you?

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Delegate the triggering contempt vote down to the committee level to fast track and simplify the process of imposing actual consequences on witnesses who defy your subpoenas.

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