WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight is pressing the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General to immediately conduct oversight of Federal Air Marshals Service surveillance programs, as it revealed another whistleblower had come forward more than two years ago to express concern about the programs. In July 2021, a Federal Air Marshal, represented by …
WASHINGTON – Today Empower Oversight announced its representation of a recently retired Secret Service special agent in his whistleblower retaliation case against the agency. The case is before the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, where it was recently remanded for a hearing on the merits. In early 2018 the Secret Service whistleblower disclosed to his …
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 …