The tide may have turned for an FBI whistleblower who has been battling the bureau for more than two years since he was stripped of security clearance and suspended without pay.
Lawyers for Special Agent Garret O’Boyle see a chance for him to start rebuilding his life now that President Trump has installed a new regime at FBI headquarters.
Mr. O’Boyle’s lawyers filed an appeal Wednesday to the FBI seeking a review of the disciplinary action against him, arguing it was retaliation against a protected whistleblower.
They want the FBI to immediately reinstate his security clearance and restore him to full employment status, ending a 30-month ordeal in which he could not quit the bureau or find gainful employment elsewhere.
The Washington Times reached out to the FBI for comment.
Mr. O’Boyle’s lawyers, which include the whistleblower advocates at Empower Oversight, the American Center for Law and Justice and the Binnall Law Group, also petitioned Congress and the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General to investigate the misuse of the security clearance process to punish whistleblowers during the previous administration.
“The president and the attorney general have ordered agencies to find and fix exactly the kind of government weaponization our FBI clients have suffered, and they shouldn’t have to wait forever for more reviews. Regardless of the process or authority used — our clients deserve justice now, not months from now,” said Empower Oversight Chairman Jason...
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