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Tristan Leavitt joins ‘Just the News’ to discuss new documents brought forward by IRS Whistleblowers and released by the House Ways and Means Committee
DOJ Blocked Google From Informing Congressional Staffers They Were Being Spied On, Court Orders Show
The Department of Justice (DOJ) secured court orders to prevent Google from informing congressional staffers of the DOJ’s efforts to monitor their communications, according to court documents. Legal group Empower Oversight released the five court orders Monday after filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the records related to the DOJ’s previously unknown attempts to …
Tristan Leavitt Discussed DOJ Collecting Congressional Phone and E-Mail Records on the Vince Coglianese Show, WMAL
Fox News: GOP senators demand DOJ give answers after it allegedly spied on House, Senate staffers during Russia probe
Senate Republicans are demanding answers from the Justice Department amid revelations that the agency “engaged in a campaign of covert surveillance” of congressional staffers, calling the move “a true attack on our democracy.” Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa; Ted Cruz of Texas; and Mike Lee of Utah penned a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland after …
Jason Foster Discusses DOJ Collecting Congressional Phone and E-Mail Records on Just the News, No Noise
Tristan Leavitt Discusses FBI Whistleblower Marcus Allen on Jay Sekulow Live
Tristan Leavitt Discusses IRS and FBI Whistleblower Cases on Just the News, No Noise
Washington Examiner: Justice Department faces Senate investigation over alleged spying on congressional staffers
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 …
Federal News Network: VA whistleblower office no longer ‘agency in crisis.’ But lawmakers question its results
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, …