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Forcing employees to rat out their co-workers for expressing political opinions the bosses don't like is unAmerican.
Full letter to @JusticeOIG and documents are available here: empr.me/FBISecDQs
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Example of one of the FBI SecD interview outlines probing our client's co-workers for his views on Trump and the COVID-19 vaccine. Image
Why do bureaucrats in FBI SecD think they have a license to purge employees with political opinions they don't like?

Maybe this is why:

Just the Deputy Director telling FBI leaders that dissent on #J6 issues should be crushed. empr.me/AbbateAff

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More context / background via @KerryPicket:

washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/…
@KerryPicket That @FBI denial doesn’t hold up very well now that we caught them literally asking employees to rat out who their coworkers supported for President and what they thought of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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@KerryPicket @FBI The @JusticeOIG and Congress need to ensure that the officials responsible for the gross interrogations FBI SecD conducted into our client’s political views are held accountable.

Here, according to Picket’s reporting, is a good place to start looking.
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Whistleblower: FBI internal investigators questioned employees about co-worker’s political beliefs
washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/…
via @KerryPicket / @WashTimes
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May 22
Chairman Smith: “New documents provided by the whistleblowers show that Hunter Biden repeatedly lied to Congress in his February deposition to distance his involvement in what should be considered a clear scheme to enrich the Biden family.” gop-waysandmeans.house.gov/chairman-smith…
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May 14
🚨New @JusticeOIG memo on the @FBI's failure to follow the law when suspending security clearances in retaliation for #whistlelbower disclosures.

I can confirm that one of the cases the OIG describes in detail w/o naming him is our client #MarcusAllen.

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The report is pretty dense.

But the bottom line is that the @FBI is not following the law.

It built a bureaucratic box designed to force employees to resign by withholding their pay and any meaningful appeal rights until they have to choose between vindication and feeding their families.Image
Read 9 tweets
May 2
Highlight 🧵for our motion to intervene and unseal @TheJusticeDept arguments for hiding its broad subpoenas for phone and email logs of attorneys advising congressional oversight committees. ⬇️ Image
In 2017, when @TheJusticeDept and @FBI were resisting aggressive congressional oversight of FISA abuses, they secretly launched what looks like a broad retaliatory effort to target attorneys for their congressional oversight committees. Image
Using grand jury subpoenas and gag orders to companies like Google, they deployed a broad dragnet to covertly collect detailed logs of their overseers' patterns of communications. Image
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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
empr.me/49sJbp6Image
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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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Read 6 tweets
Jan 23
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
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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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