The F.B.I. wants to fire agents who voluntarily took part in the January 6th protests?
Surely the agency itself sent more agents as undercover provocateurs than agents and employees who willingly took part in the protests as concerned citizens who supported the cause…
According to reports, the bureau wants to fire employees who actually showed up to these protests in good faith…
Aside from the hypocrisy I mentioned earlier, the move is purely political and completely unjust. These were simple protests that erupted into violence because of a few bad actors…more than likely undercover F.B.I. bad actors….
Most people at these protests were peaceful, and the F.B.I. itself confirmed that there was no premeditated violence on the part of Trump supporters—there was no insurrection.
How is this agency, or any other entity, for that matter, going to fire people who did nothing wrong? How can the wrongdoing of a few bad actors cast a negative light on the overwhelmingly peaceful majority?
Take a look:
#NEWS: Whistleblowers alert that the FBI appears to be attempting to terminate the employment of employees who were engaged in protected First Amendment activity on January 6, 2021.
The employees did not enter the United States Capitol and have not been charged with any crime. pic.twitter.com/0WCIOsg620
— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) May 6, 2022
What are we doing to help Jeremy Brown, a political prisoner, not for his participation in the Jan. 6th event, but because he became a whistleblower against the FBI. Now they want to silence him, and we are his only voice. https://t.co/EjCo3ianRU
— Catherine Chatham (@ChattyCatherin2) April 27, 2022
The Epoch Times reports:
In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Republicans confirmed reports that the Department of Justice’s Inspector General’s office is considering investigating whether the FBI revoked the security clearances of agents who attended the rally last year.
Republicans in previous letters had argued that revoking their security passes essentially forces them out of a job because clearance is needed to work at the FBI.
Brady Knowlton strolled into the Capitol through a door held open by police Jan 6. Committed no violence or vandalism. Faces 20 years’ jail. His law degree was withheld, banned from bar exam, AirBNB banned him and his wife, his TSA status revoked. Watch https://t.co/R7IpM8jbPQ
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) May 5, 2022
Just another of DOJ’s surveillance video of Pelosi’s ‘Entrapment Tour.’ But nothing to see here, please go away.
At 2:47 pm who ordered the Capital Police to stop welcoming protesters into the Capital building on Jan 6th? pic.twitter.com/9csfyVHn8W
— 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) May 2, 2022
Reuters previously reported:
Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged participants, the FBI at this point believes the violence was not centrally coordinated by far-right groups or prominent supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to the sources, who have been either directly involved in or briefed regularly on the wide-ranging investigations.
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