{"id":1630677,"date":"2022-09-02T08:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1630677"},"modified":"2022-09-02T08:05:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:05:44","slug":"gop-senator-to-doj-dont-mess-with-whistleblowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-to-doj-dont-mess-with-whistleblowers\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator to DOJ: Don\u2019t Mess With Whistleblowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fgop-senator-to-doj-dont-mess-with-whistleblowers%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=1630677&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--><p>Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking that the Department of Justice (DOJ) keep its hands off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-whistleblowers\">whistleblowers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley\u2019s letter came in the context of a memo issued by Garland on Aug. 30 to DOJ employees. The memo instructed employees that all direct communications with Congress are prohibited. In order to communicate with Congress, employees must go through the DOJ\u2019s Office of Legislative Affairs. In the letter (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/grassley_to_doj_-_garland_memo.pdf\">pdf<\/a>), dated Sept. 1, Grassley called whistleblowers \u201cthe most patriotic people\u201d who play an important role in making sure that improper conduct within DOJ and its components like the FBI are exposed.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley criticized the DOJ and the FBI for failing to be responsive to congressional oversight requests under Garland\u2019s leadership. \u201cIt is often only because of whistleblowers that Congress and the American people are apprised of the type of wrongdoing that your memo seeks to protect against,\u201d the senator wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with your whistleblower caveats, and due to the timing of your memo, I remain concerned about the chilling effect it may have on whistleblowers who wish to approach Congress with information relating to fraud, waste, abuse, and gross mismanagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grassley went on to claim that the FBI and DOJ have a \u201creputation for retaliating\u201d against whistleblowers who provide information to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>All employees of the government have the right to furnish information to Congress according to U.S. law, Grassley reminded Garland. The memo \u201cfailed to note that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Any attempt by a DOJ official to prevent an employee from furnishing information to Congress is also a \u201cdirect violation\u201d of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, Grassley noted.<\/p>\n<p> Biased FBI <\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Grassley mentions that it is because of whistleblowers that he has been made aware of certain wrongdoings in government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking that the Department of Justice (DOJ) keep its hands off whistleblowers. Grassley\u2019s letter came in the context of a memo issued by Garland on Aug. 30 to DOJ employees. The memo instructed employees that all direct communications with Congress are prohibited. 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