by Robert Romano at lidblog.com
The House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on May 18 released a detailed report on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) showing repeated retaliation against FBI whistleblowers who uncovered abuses in the course of investigations into Jan. 6, 2021 protesters, traditional Catholics and parents opposing critical race theory and transgender ideology being taught at public schools at school board meetings, with one agent testifying that the Bureau had become “rotted at its core.”
In his opening statement on the May 18 hearing, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) stated, “Politics is driving the agenda in federal agencies… [I]t’s not just presidential campaigns today; it’s the American people. They’re the target. You know, you’re not politically correct or in line with what they think should be the political position, the proper position; you’re the target. Parents attending a school board meeting, pro-lifers praying at a clinic, or Catholics simply attending Mass, you could be a target.”
Jordan added, “And maybe what’s just as frightening is if you’re one of those good employees in our government who come forward to talk about the targeting, you become a target. You face retaliation. If you’re one of those, and I think there are thousands and thousands of good employees working across our country in the FBI and other agencies, but if you’re one of those good employees driven by your commitment to the Constitution and your conscience, and you come forward, they’re going to come after you.”
Jordan outlined the retaliation against whistleblowers: “If you come forward and tell us about the radical traditional Catholic memo, or you if come forward and tell us about this idea, they’re going to create some snitch line to report on parents going to school board meetings, you do that, they will try to crush you. They will retaliate against you; they’re coming after you. But these guys today, they were brave enough, they took their oath seriously, they believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the rule of law, and they came forward, and I want to thank them for doing it, but because they did, man, oh man, they face retaliation.”