The FBI is being accused of illegally retaliating against an employee who came forward to question the accuracy of FBI Director Christopher Wray’s testimony about the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack.
Whistleblower group Empower Oversight alleges the FBI unlawfully retaliated against FBI Marcus Allen by suspending him without pay and misusing the security clearance process to punish him for making legally protected whistleblower disclosures regarding Wray’s testimony. (RELATED: Speaker Johnson Invites Group Of Catholics To Capitol For Traditional Latin Mass One Year After FBI Memo)
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“Rather it is about the illegality of the FBI’s personnel actions taken before a security clearance determination had been made, and during the extended time when the FBI was still considering whether to revoke Mr. Allen’s clearance,” Empower Oversight President Tristan Leavitt said in a Monday letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz.
“In other words, the decision to suspend Mr. Allen indefinitely from duty without pay and delay of the security clearance process, while also preventing him from taking another job and accepting charitable contributions, constructively terminated Mr. Allen from FBI employment for all practical purposes without ever needing to reach a final determination on his security clearance,” Leavitt added.
Allen and his family have faced financial distress from the FBI because he is unable to gain employment elsewhere or take...
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