In shocking litmus test, FBI security inquiry tried to unmask employee’s Trump support, memos show

[mystery-ak]

In shocking litmus test, FBI security inquiry tried to unmask employee’s Trump support, memos show

The New McCarthyism? FBI Interviews raised politically-slanted questions including employee's vaccine hesitancy, 2nd Amendment support, prompting a bias complaint to DOJ's internal watchdog.
By John Solomon

Published: June 10, 2024 8:54pm

Updated: June 10, 2024 11:01pm

 
FBI officials conducting a top-secret security clearance review for a longtime employee asked witnesses whether that employee was known to support former President Donald Trump, if he had expressed concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine or had attended a Second Amendment rally, according to internal memos that prompted a complaint to the Justice Department’s internal watchdog alleging political bias inside the bureau.

The employee’s security clearance was revoked months after the interviews, which confirmed his support for Trump and gun rights and his concerns about the COVID vaccine, according to the documents obtained by Just the News.

The memos show that agents for the FBI’s Security Division asked at least three witnesses in spring 2022 whether the employee, whose name and job title was redacted from the memos, had been known to “vocalize support for President Trump” or “vocalize objections to Covid-19 vaccination.” Agents ascertained from at least one witness that the worker, in fact, had declined to get the coronavirus inoculation.

The latter questions about the vaccine were asked in spring 2022, a few months after the U.S. Supreme Court had struck down vaccine mandates in corporate workplaces and a separate federal court had issued an injunction on federal employee vaccine mandates.

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https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/tuefbi-tried-unmask-employees-trump-support-while-conducting

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FBI Interrogates Co-Workers About Whistleblower’s Political Views
Margot Cleveland


The FBI Security Division questioned employees about a fellow agent’s views on COVID vaccines, Donald Trump, and a Second Amendment rally, according to whistleblower disclosures made to the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General on Saturday. This revelation raises more concerns that the FBI’s leadership has become hopelessly politicized and seeks to purge itself of agents with certain disfavored views.

Late Monday, The Federalist obtained a copy of the June 8, 2024, letter sent by Empower Oversight on behalf of its client, an unnamed whistleblower and now-retired FBI agent, to Inspector General Michael Horowitz. Enclosed with the letter were three separate interview forms used by the FBI Security Division in questioning co-workers about the whistleblower.

The preprinted document opened by stating that the Clearance Investigations Unit was conducting an administrative investigation regarding allegations that the agent had engaged in conduct that called into question his ability to maintain a top-secret security clearance. The introductory comments then informed the FBI employees that they had a duty to reply to the questions and that failure to reply fully could result in their own security clearances being revoked.

A series of questions followed, with co-workers quizzed on whether the agent under investigation had: “Vocalize[d] support for President Trump?” “Vocalized objection to COVID-19 vaccination?” “Vocalized intent to attend 1/6/2021?” The FBI Security Division also required co-workers to state whether they were aware the target of the investigation had attended the Richmond Lobby Day event, which is an annual Second Amendment rally in Virginia.

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https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/11/fbi-interrogates-co-workers-about-whistleblowers-views-on-covid-vax-trump-and-second-amendment/

[PeteS in CA]

How exactly would supporting Trump, and/or supporting the clear meaning of the 2nd Amendment, and/or having concerns about the safety of Covid vaccines be relevant to the security of classified materials or of investigations or of people he might be detailed to protect?

A series of questions followed, with co-workers quizzed on whether the agent under investigation had: ... “Vocalized intent to attend 1/6/2021?” ...

As if there were not numerous FBI agents present at and in the Capitol that day?

[MeganC]

How exactly would supporting Trump, and/or supporting the clear meaning of the 2nd Amendment, and/or having concerns about the safety of Covid vaccines be relevant to the security of classified materials or of investigations or of people he might be detailed to protect?

As if there were not numerous FBI agents present at and in the Capitol that day?

Loyal, patriotic Americans are not welcome at the KGB FBI.

[Bigun]

[Bigun]

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