{"id":1980028,"date":"2023-07-21T21:16:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T01:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-chief-relieved-of-command-same-day-he-testified-before-congress-raising-retaliation-concerns-house-gop\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T01:18:08","slug":"border-patrol-chief-relieved-of-command-same-day-he-testified-before-congress-raising-retaliation-concerns-house-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-chief-relieved-of-command-same-day-he-testified-before-congress-raising-retaliation-concerns-house-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol Chief removed after testifying before Congress, sparking retaliation fears: House GOP."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fborder-patrol-chief-relieved-of-command-same-day-he-testified-before-congress-raising-retaliation-concerns-house-gop%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=1980028&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0722\/5a8c464c-88ac-4a10-b056-a8b51f96dd4e\/audio.mp3?length=3283821&#038;duration=274\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>House Republican Leaders\u200d Suspect Retaliation Against Border Patrol Chief<\/h2>\n<p>House Republican leaders have raised concerns that \u200da Border Patrol \u2064chief may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-leguizamo-blasts-hollywood-for-colorism-i-stayed-out-of-the-sun-so-i-could-work\/\" title=\"John Leguizamo Blasts Hollywood for 'Colorism:' 'I Stayed Out of the Sun So I Could Work'\">faced retaliation<\/a> from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)\u200b chief after providing testimony to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory K. \u2062Bovino, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-border-policies-under-scrutiny\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s border policies under scrutiny\">chief patrol agent<\/a> of the El Centro Border Patrol sector in California&#8217;s imperial \u200cvalley, recently participated in a transcribed interview \u200bwith the House Oversight Committee and House Homeland Security Committee. However, shortly\u2064 after \u200chis\u200c testimony, Mr.\u2062 Bovino \u200cwas unexpectedly relieved of his command and reassigned to an ambiguous and temporary headquarters position.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of this reassignment has raised suspicions among Republican lawmakers that it was a direct\u200d response \u2064to Mr. Bovino&#8217;s testimony.<\/p>\n<h3>Whistleblower Allegations and Request for Answers<\/h3>\n<p>In a letter addressed to acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller, the lawmakers shared \u200ballegations from\u2064 a whistleblower regarding Mr. Bovino&#8217;s new assignment. The whistleblower claims \u2063that the assignment lacks a clear mission, purpose, or timeline for completion.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-chief-relieved-of-command-same-day-he-testified-before-congress-raising-retaliation-concerns-house-gop\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Chief removed after testifying before Congress, sparking retaliation fears: House GOP.\">highlighted additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-say-dhs-sec-mayorkas-misled-them-under-oath-about-disinformation-board\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Say DHS Sec Mayorkas Misled Them Under Oath About \"Disinformation Board\"\">whistleblower allegations<\/a>\u200c suggesting<\/a> that Mr. Bovino may have faced verbal reprimands from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-chief-relieved-of-command-same-day-he-testified-before-congress-raising-retaliation-concerns\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Chief removed after testifying before Congress, sparking retaliation fears.\">headquarters officials due<\/a> to dissatisfactory written \u200dtestimony prepared\u2063 for the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking transparency\u2062 and accountability, the Republican lawmakers have called on the acting CBP commissioner to provide all\u200c relevant documents and\u200d communications related to Mr. Bovino&#8217;s employment. They\u200b have\u200b also\u200d requested records of any discussions \u2062between CBP, the Department of Homeland Security, or White House officials regarding Mr. Bovino&#8217;s past congressional testimony\u200c or appearances as a witness for transcribed interviews.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers have set \u2063a\u2063 deadline of July 28 for \u200dMr. Miller \u200cto be prepared \u2062to brief House committee staff on this issue.<\/p>\n<h3>CBP&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>NTD News reached out to CBP for comment, but the agency did not respond at the time of publishing this article.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement obtained by The Washington\u2062 Times, CBP stated that Mr. Bovino had previously\u2062 been reassigned to a headquarters position in 2021, and his\u2064 subordinates had performed admirably in handling the \u2062El Centro\u200c border sector during his absence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republican leaders suspect that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) chief retaliated against a Border Patrol chief for testifying before Congress. Gregory K. Bovino, the chief patrol agent of California&#8217;s El Centro Border Patrol sector, may have been targeted after his transcribed interview with lawmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1759,"featured_media":1980029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980028","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\/1759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}