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June 25, 2024

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray is facing the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and is expected to respond to a slew of questions about whistleblower claims of politically motivated disciplinary action by the bureau’s security division…

In a letter Tuesday to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, whistleblower attorney Tristan Leavitt of Empower Oversight said their client “wishes to disclose exculpatory information regarding Special Agent (SA) Garret O’Boyle that the FBI withheld from the Committee.”

“In two separate transcribed interviews, then-Executive Assistant Director (“EAD”) Jennifer Leigh Moore withheld exculpatory information about SA O’Boyle. Specifically, she failed to inform the Committee that the FBI was aware SA O’Boyle was not the anonymous agent masked in a May 11, 2022 Project Veritas interview,” he wrote. “As you know, that false allegation was the FBI’s key pretext to suspend and ultimately revoke SA O’Boyle’s security clearance.”

Mr. Leavitt said that Ms. Moore’s failure to disclose this “exculpatory information and her misleading testimony” prompted Democratic lawmakers to refer him to the Department of Justice for allegedly committing perjury…

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