Two FBI agents set to testify before Jim Jordan’s special “government weaponization” distraction circus were among the three agents whose security clearances were recently revoked by the Bureau for their roles in the January 6th Republican-led domestic terrorist attack on Congress, the New York Times reports.
Marcus Allen and Stephen Friend were going to testify before the dog-and-pony show about their views that the FBI is too harsh on conservatives. According to its response to a Jim Jordan letter in which he whined about conservative criminal suspects being investigated, the FBI explained Allen was suspended after he “expressed sympathy for persons or organizations that advocate, threaten or use force or violence.”
Friend was suspended after refusing to take part in an armed raid on a Three Percenter’s Florida home, claiming in a letter to superiors that it was unconstitutional because the man didn’t do anything violent. “I have an oath to uphold the Constitution,” Friend wrote. “I have a moral objection and want to be considered a conscientious objector.” The suspect, Tyler Bensch, posted a vide of himself on January 6th, 2021 standing in front of the Capitol holding an AR-15-style assault rifle, wearing a gas mask and donning body armor. Friend is also suspected of downloading sensitive documents onto an a removable thumbdrive without authorization.
The third individual, Brett Glass, was at the Capitol on January 6th with the mob and allegedly entered unauthorized areas of the Capitol. FBI officials say Glass has repeatedly lied about his location and activities on January 6th, with his statements being proven untrue by photos and video taken within the Capitol, both by security cameras and by Glass himself.