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Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans are investigating allegations the Justice Department spied on congressional staffers while they probed the agency, including during its handling of the Trump-Russia inquiry, the Washington Examiner has learned. Virginia-based whistleblower firm Empower Oversight said in a late October Freedom of Information Act request to the DOJ that its founder, Jason Foster, former chief investigative counsel to ex-Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck …

A Department of Veterans Affairs office that investigates whistleblower retaliation cases says VA leadership is acting on more of its recommendations for disciplinary action. Members of the House VA Committee, however, are concerned VA’s Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP) doesn’t have independence from the rest of the department to carry out its work, …

WASHINGTON — Delaware US Attorney David Weiss told the House Judiciary Committee that he was refused “special attorney” status in his investigation of first son Hunter Biden, the panel’s chairman said Tuesday — though Weiss insisted that his decision-making was not impeded in the case. Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told reporters that Weiss said he initially …

Citing new, overwhelming evidence, the watchdog group Empower Oversight has appealed to the FBI to restore whistleblower Marcus Allen to his job, provide back-pay, and reverse the proposed revocation of his security clearance. Empower Oversight says the FBI took steps against in retaliation for his internal actions, pointing out that FBI Director Christopher Wray had …

The House Judiciary Committee has launched an inquiry into the Justice Department‘s attempt to surveil members of Congress through their private digital communications… Google alerted Jason Foster, Mr. Grassley’s former chief investigative counsel on the Judiciary Committee, that the DOJ wanted and received his personal records. In a later Freedom of Information Act request to the DOJ, Mr. Foster’s nonprofit group, …