hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in washington, d.c. with a gap between the reality of our post-january 6th politics and the republican party s alternate reality with its paranoid delusions about the deep state and the glorification of the capitol insurrection has never been wider. today s hearing on capitol hill by the so-called weaponization committee led by ohio republican jim jordan, involved, according to the republicans on that committee, fbi whistleblowers talking about supposed abuses at the bureau. that delusion was undercut by the reality before the hearing began. the washington post reported two fbi agents set to appear before a house subcommittee thursday had their security clearances revoked this morning over security concerns. that is according to a letter sent by the fbi to the house judiciary committee on wednesday and obtained by the washington post. those two witnesses are steven friend and marcus allen, and according to the new york times, quote, mr. all
that tell me? they re having to take care of business inside the fbi and they re doing it. so no, i don t think this is the end. jackie, i want to bring you in on this. kash patel, he s sort of the where s waldo, right, in all of these stories. a witness with some limited immunity in the mar-a-lago criminal investigation run by doj. he shows up in the final weeks of the trump presidency with a new and disturbing role. and he is now supporting mr. friend. yes. there s a little bit of an industrial trump complex at play here when it comes to these whistleblowers that are materializing for house investigators, not just on jim jordan s committee, but also james comer s committee as well. but i want to just also give some context quickly before kash patel about the fbi letter that frank just noted. i think it s important for viewers to know that the fbi didn t just provide this