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 …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight continues to increase the pressure on the Justice Department and push for details about the department’s management of the personnel who are handling of the lawsuits involving Hunter Biden. In April, Empower Oversight expressed concern that in the Department’s prosecution of Hunter Biden in Delaware and California, as well as in …
WASHINGTON – In what appears to be an unprecedented move, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has fully reinstated whistleblower Marcus Allen’s security clearance after improperly revoking it. Allen made protected disclosures regarding congressional testimony of FBI Director Christopher Wray following the events of Jan. 6, 2021. The FBI retaliated against Allen, a decorated U.S. Marine …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight is again pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission for additional records regarding the public declarations that multiple cryptocurrencies were not a security by both William Hinman, the former director of the Corporate Finance Division, and Jay Clayton, the former Chairman of the SEC. Through previous Freedom of Information Act requests, Empower …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight is renewing its request for records related to the Criminal Justice Information Services’ Assistant Director Michael Christman who is the subject of multiple complaints by current and former employees. The agency denied Empower Oversight’s original request, citing a Glomar defense, meaning that the agency neither confirms nor denies the existence of …
WASHINGTON – IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler have taken the significant step with the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. to file a motion to intervene in the Hunter Biden lawsuit against the IRS to ensure their interests are represented in the lawsuit. The whistleblowers filed the motion to intervene so they …