FBI Whistleblower: Deputy Director Ordered Agents to Hide Jan. 6 Informants From Public
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An FBI whistleblower alleged to the House Judiciary Committee that top FBI brass passed down orders to conceal at least 25 confidential human sources participating in the protest at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Washington Times reported Wednesday that a whistleblower came forward to Congress claiming that FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate told subordinates to not to publicly acknowledge at least 25 FBI informants because to do so would humiliate the bureau. An FBI agent told the House Judiciary Committee that Deputy Director Paul Abbate suggested that at...
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