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By BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN and DANIEL LIPPMAN
12/09/2021 03:26 PM EST
Multiple people who worked in the Capitol Police intelligence division on Jan. 6 raised concerns about the department before and after the insurrection and have since faced retaliation, according to an employment lawyer representing the whistleblowers.
“I represent a group of U.S. Capitol Police whistleblowers who worked in IICD [Intelligence and Interagency Coordination Division] on January 6, 2021,” Dan Gebhardt of the Solomon Law Firm, PLLC told POLITICO in a statement. “They have made a multitude of internal complaints regarding gross mismanagement and intelligence failures by certain IICD managers that contributed to the events of January 6, 2021. As a result, there have been multiple retaliatory actions against the whistleblowers, including two proposed removals.”
“My clients are experiencing retaliation for speaking out about Capitol Police management failures related to January 6, 2021,” he added.
Gebhardt did not provide further detail about the nature of his clients’ complaints regarding the Capitol Police department or the retaliation he says they face, beyond his allegations of two potential firings.
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