Ten Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblowers have secured compensation agreements with the FBI after months of negotiations mediated by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The whistleblowers, including Garret O’Boyle and Stephen Friend, were subjected to demotions, security clearance revocation and indefinite unpaid administrative leave as a result of reporting waste, fraud and abuse during the last administration. The 10 agreements collectively rectify over 12 years’ worth of inappropriate suspension time the FBI dealt against the whistleblowers.
“Whistleblowers risk it all for the sake of simply telling the truth. These 10 whistleblowers’ brave actions were met with intense bureaucratic blowback that caused severe financial and emotional hardship. Their lives were upended for years, but I never stopped fighting until things were made right,” Grassley said. “I appreciate Attorney General Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Blanche, Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino’s unyielding efforts to prioritize accountability and bring closure to these whistleblowers’ cases. My door remains open to all whistleblowers, and I’ll continue to protect and defend them from retaliation. There is more work to be done.”
Grassley wrote to Bondi and Patel today applauding their efforts as “an example of government power and authority being used for good.”
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