Here’s What Happens When a Whistleblower is a Trump Appointee; The Dems’ Latest Weapon
Posted at 9:30 am on February 4, 2020 by Elizabeth Vaughn Lest you think that all government agency whistleblowers are afforded the same inviolable status as Eric Ciaramella, the alleged whistleblower whose complaint has turned Washington into a battleground for nearly six months, I have a little story for you.
Always on the lookout for new weapons to deploy in their never ending war against President Trump, the deep state has discovered a new way to strike back: security clearance retaliation. A rarity during the Obama administration, it occurs so frequently now that Attorney Sean Bigley, who specializes in such cases, describes it as an “epidemic.†In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Bigley wrote that he has represented over two dozen Trump appointees so far. Bigley currently represents Adam Lovinger, who, as an analyst at the Office of Net Assessment at the Pentagon (ONA) had his security clearance revoked after questioning large payments which had been made to FBI informant Stefan Halper and noticing that over $11 million in government contracts had been directed to a company owned by close friends of Chelsea Clinton.
Several weeks ago, Real Clear Politics’ (RCP) Susan Crabtree reported the story of Mark Moyar, a Trump political appointee who served as the Director of the Office for Civilian-Military Cooperation at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). His service came to an abrupt end last summer after he “reported allegations of rampant government waste, fraud and abuse†inside the agency.
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https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2020/02/04/heres-what-happens-when-a-whistleblower-is-a-trump-appointee/
