https://nypost.com/2024/06/04/...capitol-riot-claims/

An FBI staffer punished for harboring so-called “conspiratorial” views about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot has regained his security clearance as part of a settlement with the bureau — and won back pay lost while on ice, according to a whistleblower nonprofit that represented him.

Staff operations specialist Marcus Allen was informed May 31 that his top secret security clearance had been reinstated following his suspension over “security concerns” about his “allegiance to the United States,” a letter from the FBI’s HR department shows.

Empower Oversight President Tristan Leavitt, whose group represented Allen, sent a letter to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Tuesday to formally withdraw retaliation complaints filed on the G-man’s behalf.

Allen had his security clearance revoked after he shared open-source news articles with FBI agents that “questioned the FBI’s handling of the violence at the Capitol,” according to a House Judiciary Committee report on his protected disclosures to Congress.

Allen shared concerns about FBI Director Christopher Wray giving “untruthful” testimony to Congress about concerning the degree of involvement of confidential human sources on January 6th.

“There is a good possibility the DC elements of our organization are not being forthright about the events of the day or the influence of government assets,” Allen later wrote in a letter to his leadership chain, which led to his security clearance being pulled.

Former FBI Washington field office assistant director-in-charge Steven D’Antuono told the Judiciary panel in a transcribed interview last year that the bureau did not know how many paid informants were present on Jan. 6, 2021, and had to conduct an audit to find out afterward.

Allen resigned from the FBI on Monday and was awarded full back pay and benefits for the 27 months he was “unjustly suspended,” Leavitt said, citing a settlement agreement.

“Mr. Allen and his family had to survive on early withdrawals from their retirement accounts in order to continue administratively challenging the FBI’s improper revocation of his security clearance,” he wrote to Horowitz.

“For 13 of those months Mr. Allen also waited on your office to complete and report on its investigation into the FBI’s abuse of the security clearance process to retaliate against him,” he added.

“While waiting for your office to complete its work and for the FBI to consider our appeal of his clearance revocation, the Bureau denied Mr. Allen’s request to accept other employment and even argued that his family could not accept charitable donations from the public because he was technically still subject to gift rules—although he had no pay and no official duties for more than two years.”

The IG released its report on May 14, confirming at least 106 agents were retaliated against for an average of nearly 18 months each.

“The FBI’s decision to reinstate whistleblower Marcus Allen’s security clearance is a total vindication for a great patriot,” Judiciary chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said in a statement.

“Marcus bravely stood up to expose misconduct at the FBI, despite attacks from FBI bureaucrats and congressional Democrats,” he added, calling on the FBI to reinstate the security clearances of bureau whistleblowers Garret O’Boyle and Stephen Friend, who testified to Jordan’s panel last year alongside Allen.

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“While waiting for your office to complete its work and for the FBI to consider our appeal of his clearance revocation, the Bureau denied Mr. Allen’s request to accept other employment and even argued that his family could not accept charitable donations from the public because he was technically still subject to gift rules—although he had no pay and no official duties for more than two years.”

Retaliation doesn't get much more punitive than that. We're not paying you but you can't seek another job and you can't accept charitable donations either.

The FBI is irrevocably tainted. They need (like the entire just-us department) to be completely gutted and rebuilt from the ground up. In short, they are led by leftist traitors and untrustworthy in the extreme.

Then they have the sack to behave as if they just don't understand our complete lack of trust and confidence in them. Lying totalitarian motherfuckers.

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“While waiting for your office to complete its work and for the FBI to consider our appeal of his clearance revocation, the Bureau denied Mr. Allen’s request to accept other employment and even argued that his family could not accept charitable donations from the public because he was technically still subject to gift rules—although he had no pay and no official duties for more than two years.”

The retaliation was unjust. I do not know how this part could be legal, as it appears this was intended to ruin them and set an example. Deserves punished.

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The IG released its report on May 14, confirming at least 106 agents were retaliated against for an average of nearly 18 months each.

How did this many agents get punished and not get some attention before the May 14th release? Disgusting

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“The FBI’s decision to reinstate whistleblower Marcus Allen’s security clearance is a total vindication for a great patriot,” Judiciary chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said in a statement.

“Marcus bravely stood up to expose misconduct at the FBI, despite attacks from FBI bureaucrats and congressional Democrats,” he added, calling on the FBI to reinstate the security clearances of bureau whistleblowers Garret O’Boyle and Stephen Friend, who testified to Jordan’s panel last year alongside Allen.

Thank God there are a few in Congress like Jim Jordan. He is proof that one brave man can make a difference.
We need more people like him.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
The FBI is irrevocably tainted. They need (like the entire just-us department) to be completely gutted and rebuilt from the ground up. In short, they are led by leftist traitors and untrustworthy in the extreme.

Agreed with the first part. I'm not sure the correct answer is to replace them with anything after the dismantling though. Maybe we see how it goes without them.....

We have all wondered why more didn't speak up. Penalty sounds high

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Originally posted by FiveFiveSixFan:

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“While waiting for your office to complete its work and for the FBI to consider our appeal of his clearance revocation, the Bureau denied Mr. Allen’s request to accept other employment and even argued that his family could not accept charitable donations from the public because he was technically still subject to gift rules—although he had no pay and no official duties for more than two years.”

Retaliation doesn't get much more punitive than that. We're not paying you but you can't seek another job and you can't accept charitable donations either.

It sounds very Soviet Russia, all that's missing is the hard labor in a frozen gulag.

We do need some mechanism to deal with multi state criminal organizations and crimes.

Frankly, I think sheriffs could handle all of the enforcement actions - but I’m not sure how the chain of evidence is handled in a kidnapping case which crosses state lines, etc.

Pretty sure I mean chain of custody.

Been a long time since the Bar.

If you are in a position that requires "suitability" assessment via a polygraph every few years, they can use suitability as an excuse to offboard virtually any 1811 series employee they don't want to keep. I personally know of examples where a polygrapher intentionally threw polygraphs as a pretext to "investigate" certain special agents. When they come up empty, then management will do things like verbally tell a SA to work remotely, then write them up for not showing up at the office on schedule.

There has been a real effort to push out vocal and openly conservative special agents. Most of the time, management just makes their lives miserable until they voluntarily separate. But for those who fight for their jobs, that's when you hear about administrative suspensions without pay and the really ugly forms of retaliation. There are a good number of folks who just leave for the Big 4 accounting or consulting industries and never look back.

The FBI needs to exist, but not as it does not as a partisan weapon system. In a perfect world, there would be immediate partisan oversight where directors couldn’t hide behind party protection form any side.