FBI whistleblowers are the real-life victims of deplorable government corruption

As damning as John Durham’s report on the FBI’s abominable handling of alleged Russian collusion by Donald Trump in 2016 is, it is not an emotional document. But on Thursday three FBI informants showed us the human faces of this deplorable corruption. 

Corruption that on Friday we learned from a bombshell Washington Post report includes wrongfully using the Section 702 database to surveil Americans an astounding 278,000 times, including January 6th suspects and conservative political donors.   

FBI agents Garret O’Boyle, Marcus Allen and Steve Friend, all of whom say they were stripped of security clearance and pay for bringing concerns about FBI abuses to their superiors, painted a scary picture as they testified before the House subcommittee on the weaponization of government. 

Before getting to the shameless punishment meted out by the FBI to these men for simply expressing concerns, let's look at those concerns, because they should shake us to the core. 

Friend says that he was punished by superiors after he objected to participating in a SWAT team arrest of a January 6th suspect who was actively cooperating with law enforcement. Apparently at the FBI, to even suggest that the agency not escalate an otherwise peaceful situation is forbidden.