{"id":1670282,"date":"2022-10-03T14:04:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1670282"},"modified":"2022-10-03T14:05:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:05:35","slug":"suspension-of-whistleblower-fbi-agent-illegal-kash-patel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspension-of-whistleblower-fbi-agent-illegal-kash-patel\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspension of Whistleblower FBI Agent Illegal: Kash Patel"},"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\">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%2Fsuspension-of-whistleblower-fbi-agent-illegal-kash-patel%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=1670282&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>The suspension of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> agent who raised concerns about bureau policies not being followed is illegal, former congressional investigator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-kash-patel\">Kash Patel<\/a> says.<\/p>\n<p>Agent Steve Friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fbi-whistleblower-comes-forward-says-bureau-violating-policies-in-jan-6-investigation_4758485.html\">came forward in September<\/a> to assert that the FBI was violating policies by assigning cases to field offices around the country but actually having the cases managed by officials based in Washington. He says his concerns were ignored by supervisors. Friend was later suspended pending an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened was actually illegal,\u201d Patel, a former national security adviser for the House Intelligence Committee, said on the latest episode of his EpochTV show, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/live-kashs-corner-fbi-whistleblower-goes-public-nord-stream-pipeline-explosions-chs-corruption-cover-up-network_4764029.html\">Kash\u2019s Corner<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis badge and gun, the means that FBI agents actually perform their duties in the field, were taken from him,\u201d Patel added. \u201cAnd this is after Director Chris Wray went up to Congress and testified \u2026 under oath whether whistleblowers would be retaliated against, and he said no under oath. So he has just committed another offense under the law and lied to Congress, because we have non-irrefutable proof that basically [Friend] is no longer able to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patel referenced the\u00a0Whistleblower Protection Act, which protects government employees who disclosure information if an employee\u00a0\u201creasonably believes evidences\u201d an activity constituting: \u201ca violation of any law, rules, or regulations; or gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority,<br \/>or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.\u201d The law also bars retaliation against whistleblowers.<\/p>\n<p>Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) have said that Friend engaged in protected whistleblower activity. They told Wray in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23009937-senators-letter-to-fbi\">a recent missive<\/a> that the response to Friend\u2019s whistleblowing was not acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI should never suspend security clearances as a form of punishment or to retaliate against patriotic whistleblowers for stepping forward to report potential wrongdoing,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/stevefriend1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4771733\"><\/a> FBI special agent Steve Friend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspension of an FBI agent who raised concerns about bureau policies not being followed is illegal, former congressional investigator Kash Patel says. 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