Posted on 06/19/2024 9:09:12 AM PDT by John Semmens
This week the FBI revoked the security clearance of a long time employee. Suspicion was initially generated when the employee took a personal leave day to attend the January 6, 2021 Trump rally in Washington, DC.
"We've had our eye on this individual for the last three years," Director Christopher Wray admitted. "In addition to his attending the rally that instigated the insurrection at the Capitol we discovered that he also attended a rally to support the Second Amendment--that's the one claimed to give civilians the right to own and carry firearms. When we discovered that he expressed reservations about getting the Covid vaccine that was the 'third strike' against him. We knew he was not a person who could be trusted to give unquestioning obedience to the Bureau, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the government."
Tristan Leavitt, lawyer for the downgraded employee, complained that "instead of focusing on legitimate security issues, the DOJ exclusively and illegitimately used objections to his political opinions as the grounds for stripping him of the security clearance necessary for him to do his job. Not only does this violate his civil rights, it also undermines genuine security."
Wray disagreed with Leavitt's assessment, saying "since former President Trump poses the greatest threat to our democracy in the history of the country anyone who cannot be depended on to oppose him is manifestly unfit to hold a position in the Bureau. Revoking his clearance is merely a preliminary step toward his expulsion and possible prosecution as an enemy of the state."
In related news, a CBS News/YouGov poll taken June 5-7 found that 62% of registered voters favor deporting illegal immigrants. Such a program is also a key policy in Trump's campaign platform. So, it would seem that Trump might more accurately be characterized as a friend rather than an enemy of democracy.
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https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,534284.0.html
what about all the fbi agents assigned in J6 ?
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