{"id":1944669,"date":"2023-06-05T17:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T21:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-whistleblower-testimony-should-pave-way-for-more-investigations-former-agent-says\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T17:30:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T21:30:36","slug":"fbi-whistleblower-testimony-should-pave-way-for-more-investigations-former-agent-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-whistleblower-testimony-should-pave-way-for-more-investigations-former-agent-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-FBI Agent: Whistleblower Testimony Can Lead to Further Probes."},"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\">18<\/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%2Ffbi-whistleblower-testimony-should-pave-way-for-more-investigations-former-agent-says%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=1944669&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--><h2>FBI Whistleblowers Call for Further Investigation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0605\/692bbdf6-563d-4cd0-b5be-ee52e78a3321\/audio.mp3?length=3880269&#038;duration=323\"><\/div>\n<p>Three FBI whistleblowers recently provided information to a U.S. House subcommittee, and their testimony has sparked a call for further investigation and testimony from more current and former agents, according to whistleblower Stephen Friend.<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-announces-california-gubernatorial-run-as-newsom-recall-nears-threshold\/\" title=\"Republican Announces California Gubernatorial Run as Newsom Recall Nears Threshold\">facing criticism<\/a> from Democrats on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Friend, along with Garret O\u2019Boyle and Marcus Allen, stood their ground and paved the way for other federal law enforcement whistleblowers to come forward.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think the goal for the Democrats was to make the whistleblowers look like they\u2019re out of control, not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oxford-universitys-magdalen-college-votes-to-remove-portrait-of-queen-elizabeth-after-woke-american-student-complains\/\" title=\"Oxford University\u2019s Magdalen College Votes To Remove Portrait Of Queen Elizabeth After \u2018Woke\u2019 American Student Complains\">rational people<\/a>, unprofessional, and sort of wild,\u201d Friend told The Epoch Times. \u201cAnd that would then discourage the Republicans from having future hearings with whistleblowers. So we had to lay down on the barbed wire and take the hits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The May 18 hearing was marked by attempts from Democrats to discredit the whistleblowers or paint them as partisans. However, their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/war-of-words-occurs-between-gov-desantis-and-white-house\/\" title=\"War of words occurs between Gov. DeSantis and White House\">attacks fell flat<\/a> and showed the minority party was reduced to throwing mud.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5303183\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/31\/id5303183-fbi-whistleblowers-2-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/31\/id5303183-fbi-whistleblowers-2-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Suspended FBI special agent Garrett O\u2019Boyle (L), former FBI agent Steve Friend, (2L), and suspended FBI analyst Marcus Allen (2R) during a hearing in Washington on May 18, 2023. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>Friend, who resigned from the FBI in February after being on unpaid suspension for five months, has been critical of the Bureau&#8217;s handling of Jan. 6 cases and its approach to domestic terrorism. He refused to go on FBI SWAT raids against Jan. 6 defendants in Florida, citing concerns over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-dubs-elon-musk-its-technoking-in-new-sec-filings\/\" title=\"Tesla Dubs Elon Musk Its \u2018Technoking\u2019 In New SEC Filings\">heavy-handed approach<\/a> being used.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things they drill into you early on is every encounter that you have with the public is an armed encounter\u2014because you\u2019re armed,\u201d Friend said. \u201cAnd because of that reality, the goal should always be to be as peaceful as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Friend has also been vocal about his desire to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-whistleblower-testimony-should-pave-way-for-more-investigations-former-agent-says\/\" title=\"Ex-FBI Agent: Whistleblower Testimony Can Lead to Further Probes.\">empower local law enforcement<\/a> and criticized the Bureau for opening hundreds of Jan. 6 cases in order to create the perception that domestic terrorism is a bigger problem than it is in America.<\/p>\n<h3>Questioning Loyalty and Patriotism<\/h3>\n<p>During the hearing, Friend said he viewed some of the comments as questioning the loyalty or patriotism of all three witnesses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI found [Rep.] Stacey Plaskett\u2019s [(U.S. Virgin Island at-large)] opening statement to be pretty gross when she tried to wrap herself in the flag of Police Week when Democrats have been consistently anti-law enforcement for a number of years,\u201d Friend said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd misconstruing my statements that I want to defund the FBI means that I want to defund federal law enforcement or remove federal law enforcement. I want to empower local law enforcement. I think that the number one priority for the FBI should be to empower local law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Friend, who has worked as a police officer and arrested over 150 violent criminals, including child pornographers and pedophiles, said he will play his patriotism against any member of the Democratic caucus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information from three FBI whistleblowers supports the need for more investigation and testimony from current and former agents, according to whistleblower Stephen Friend. 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