{"id":1447310,"date":"2022-04-20T09:06:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T13:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1447310"},"modified":"2022-04-20T09:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T13:07:32","slug":"whistleblowers-attorney-says-capitol-police-vetting-procedures-might-violate-first-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblowers-attorney-says-capitol-police-vetting-procedures-might-violate-first-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Whistleblowers\u2019 Attorney Says Capitol Police Vetting Procedures Might Violate First Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhistleblowers-attorney-says-capitol-police-vetting-procedures-might-violate-first-amendment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1447310&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Thomas-Manger.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The attorney for a group of former Capitol Police intelligence officers says that the Capitol law enforcement agency\u2019s revamped vetting procedures potentially violate First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>Solomon Law Firm attorney Dan Gebhardt told Politico in a lengthy statement that his clients, five former members of the department\u2019s intelligence division, have long held concerns over the Capitol Police\u2019s intelligence gathering and vetting practices. Gebhardt\u2019s clients all served in the Capitol Police during the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Gebhardt described some specific issues that his clients said were problematic. At one point, Capitol Police analysts were asked to comb through the history of a religious leader who oversaw a funeral attended by a member of Congress. In another instance, analysts were instructed to look into the background of the relatives of members of Congress, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/19\/capitol-police-vetting-practices-first-amendment-concerns-00025904\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnalysts\u2019 complaints were filed with the USCP chain of command, Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and Inspector General (IG), as well as Congressional committees,\u201d Gebhardt said.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney also said that his clients raised concerns about Capitol Police procedures that were put in place after the January 6 riot. As part of normal operations, members of Congress and others hosting events on Capitol Hill share guest lists and other information with Capitol Police ahead of the planned event. As part of the Capitol Police\u2019s new security procedures, intelligence analysts would use those guest lists to comb through the social media posts of attendees. Sometimes that background work spread to encompass Congressional staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Capitol Police executive team denied the allegations in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese old accusations continue to be misleading,\u201d the Capitol Police said. \u201cThe USCP uses the same common sense best practices as other protective agencies to ensure the safety of Members of Congress and the public at a time when threats against lawmakers are higher than ever. An event assessment is only done at the request of the Member\u2019s office or protection detail and are much more limited than a threat investigation. The work is ethical and lawful. Nevertheless, we requested an independent review by the Inspector General back in January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans in Congress have accused the Capitol Police of spying on GOP members. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) in February <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-congressman-accuses-capitol-police-of-spying-on-him\">said<\/a> that Capitol Police in November of last year \u201centered [his] office without [his] knowledge and photographed confidential legislative products.\u201d Nehls added that Capitol Police agents later questioned his staff while dressed as construction workers.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) released a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/replouiegohmert\/status\/1491112576247541760\">statement<\/a> following Nehls\u2019 claims saying that Gohmert\u2019s mail was being illegally routed through the Department of Justice before coming to his office. He also suggested that Nehls\u2019 allegations are an example of \u201cDemocrat\u2019s spying on political opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger denied Nehls\u2019 allegations in a statement afterward. Nehls also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/capitol-police-investigate-spying-allegations-some-gop-lawmakers-1678187\">revealed<\/a> in a January letter to Congress that the Capitol Police Inspector General would conduct an investigation into the spying allegations.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The attorney for a group of former Capitol Police intelligence officers says that the Capitol law enforcement agency\u2019s revamped vetting procedures potentially violate First Amendment rights.Solomon Law Firm attorney Dan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":1447364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1447310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1447364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}