WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) are probing allegations made by a credible whistleblower that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have retaliated against a witness in the committees’ investigation of President Biden’s border crisis. In a letter to the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner Troy A. Miller, Chairmen Comer and Green demand a briefing and all documents and communications relevant to any reassignment and the reasons for any related employment action regarding Gregory K. Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro Border Patrol Sector.
“We write with deep concern that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials may have retaliated against a witness in a Congressional investigation,” wrote the Chairmen. “The Committees have received an allegation from a credible whistleblower with extensive experience in and knowledge of CBP personnel practices that—within hours of concluding a voluntary transcribed interview with the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Committee on Homeland Security on July 12, 2023, Gregory K. Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro Border Patrol Sector, was relieved of his command over the El Centro Sector and reassigned to a vague, indefinite, and temporary headquarters assignment. Given the suspicious timing of the reassignment coinciding with Chief Bovino’s...
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