WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight has disclosed to Congress yet another example of the politicization of the FBI’s Security Division (“SecD”). In a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan, Empower Oversight wrote that a whistleblower within SecD with first-hand knowledge reports the FBI knew its allegations against an agent who had testified before the House Judiciary Committee …
WASHINGTON – In a new court filing, Empower Oversight is pushing back on the government’s attempt to permanently hide its sealed claims to a federal court that supposedly justified secretly collecting the communications records of a bipartisan group attorneys for congressional committees conducting oversight of the executive branch. This week, Empower Oversight filed a reply …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight is pressing the Office of the Inspector General at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC-OIG) to release a report on conflicts of interest by senior Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials and the agency’s selective enforcement decisions on cryptocurrencies. SEC officials had indicated the OIG was “in the final stages of …
Tristan Leavitt, president of Empower Oversight, made the following statement after the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, and the information that has been revealed in the aftermath of the shooting. “Yesterday’s attempted assassination of former President Trump exposed obvious security failures. This issue should not become a partisan one, because it’s essential that …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight is pressing FBI Director Wray on the improper politicization of the agency’s Security Division (SecD). Following new allegations of retaliation against those in SecD who resisted weaponizing the security clearance process but were overruled by leadership, Empower Oversight has now demanded records related to the restoration of FBI whistleblower Marcus Allen’s …
WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight is shining a bright light on the FBI’s abuse of its security clearance process to wreak havoc on the lives of employees with certain political beliefs. In a letter to the Justice Department’s congressional oversight committees, Empower Oversight also highlights how those who have raised concerns about this practice were also …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight is pressing the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (IG) to release the names of senior government officials that the IG found to be involved in substantial misconduct. If the Inspector General’s office won’t release the names of the senior executives, the whistleblower organization has asked that the IG’s …
Empower Oversight has submitted a new FOIA request seeking documents and communications from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI personnel about the law enforcement agency whistleblowers who testified to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government. Recent revelations suggest that government personnel privately coordinated with staff of a member of Congress …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight has uncovered shocking documents that reveal political bias and abuse in FBI security clearance probes against employees who expressed support for President Trump or opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In the FBI Security Division’s investigative file of an Empower Oversight client, documents show a preprinted interview outline that lists several specific …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight is pressing for records that could expose the lack of disciplinary measures taken against Supervisory Special Agent John Morris related to his role in the scandal over the FBI’s mishandling of mob boss/informant Whitey Bulger. Bulger was a Boston crime mob boss who served as an FBI confidential informant for 15 …