F.B.I. Revokes Security Clearances of 3 Agents Over Jan. 6 Issues
At least two of the three agents are scheduled to testify on Thursday to a House panel investigating what Republicans contend is the “weaponization” of federal agencies against conservatives.
By Alan Feuer
May 17, 2023
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has revoked the security clearances of three agents who either took part in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, or later expressed views about it that placed into question their “allegiance to the United States,” the bureau said on Wednesday in a letter to congressional investigators.
The letter, written by a top official at the F.B.I., came one day before at least two of the agents — Marcus Allen and Stephen Friend — were set to testify in front of a House Judiciary subcommittee investigating what Republicans contend is the “weaponization” of the federal government against conservatives.
Excerpt: What Mr. Friend omitted from his account was that while Mr. Bensch was charged with only misdemeanors, documents in his case say that on Jan. 6, he posted a video of himself outside the Capitol wearing body armor and a gas mask and carrying an AR-15-style rifle. The documents also say that witnesses later told the F.B.I. that they had seen photographs of Mr. Bensch carrying a similar rifle at other times.
According to the letter, Mr. Friend “espoused an alternative narrative about the events at the U.S. Capitol” during his communications with his supervisors about refusing to participate in the arrest of Mr. Bensch.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/politics/fbi-security-clearance-jan-6.html?unlocked_article_code=hXlTHobHzv5X7N_6TqLgCKWcAFn1GgaUWnhmWwq_Giwr3mDOQNEC3duztXBuuUwwxeRuc5ZTxqTJt_TuiH9TyRCnu_qg_9-bCc3r2PA8EkLnw0hHMoxSKljgNt-nc23fYXncdASr4g9DePufE1djEuECNATq0K8uw02wXLSS9a5D_p-wnHxmqpmx3W5ZkxYni-S5akSyQKD96kXuYjufUzzU7rurFwoe_vkzH01sBzQzwXQPrbJXMqWv86h4ix1UY7VvzlJdoLy_MP3-DmBy0HF7envppCUrLBkQygCmJINLBIyK5yUBxTiBAnauv-sKErxQAg9gBtLvouFcAatJWIjItFDsVZ5EAMI&smid=tw-share
( Disturbing doesn't quite cover it. )
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