a hearing in the subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government to investigate abuses by the fbi. the whistleblowers testifying at the hearing to suspended fbi agents and one former agent all claim the fbi retaliated on them for speaking out on the practices at the bureau . now, if i may, maybe just as a reminder, a couple of stories on those practices. in 2020 one , the fbi counterterror division raided the home of a red cross volunteer named joseph bolaños . bolaños is sixty nine years old, anonymous hipster s claimed bolaños was at the capitol on january 6th. there s no evidence, though, that bluenose was there, much less that he did anything violent, regardless of the fbi. regardless, they showed up at bolaños house. they were armed. they seized his electronics, and the raid was so traumatizing. the bolano suffered two strokes. then there were the pro-life raids on christians. mark and paul von again. no evidence that either of these men were threats
the subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government to investigate abuses by the fbi. the whistleblowers testifying at the hearing two suspended fbi agents and one former agent all claim the fbi retaliated on them for speaking out on the practices at the bureau. if i may, may be just as a reminder, a couple of stories on those practices. in 2021 the fbi counterterrorism division raided the home of a red cross volunteer named joseph. he was 69 years old. anonymous tipsters claimed he was at the capitol on january 6. there is no evidence, though that he was there, much less that he did everything violent. regardless of the fbi, they showed up at his house. they were armed and seized his electronics. the raid was so traumatizing that he suffered two strokes. then there were the pro-life raids unchristian and paul von. no evidence that either of these men were threats to society but armed fbi agents raided their homes anyway. and then there is you and me and those of
Anybody else. Im going to read from the transcript here. Why didnt you go to your direct report, mr. Morrison, your response, because mr. Eisenberg had told me to take my concerns to him. And then i asked you, did mr. Eisenberg tell you not to report, to go around mr. Morrison . And you said, actually, he did say that, i shouldnt talk to any other people. Is that right . Yes, but theres a whole theres a period of time in there between when i spoke to him and when he circled back around. It wasnt that long a period of time, but it was enough time for me to enough time for you to go to talk to someone who you wont tell us who it is, right . Ive been instructed not to, representative jordan. Heres what im getting. The lawyer told you not talk to any other people, and you interpret that as not talking to your boss, but you talk to your brother, you talk to the lawyers, you talk to scare keec kent and talk to the one guy schiff wont let us tell you who it is. Representative jordan, i did my
Discussing today which involved an irregular channel which is her request that went against u. S. Policy that would undermine the rule of law and our longstanding policy goals in ukraine as in other countries in the postsoviet space. Policies that were indeed championed by ambassador yovanovitch. You also testified in the deposition about fundamental reforms necessary for ukraine to fight corruption and to transform the country and you cited the importance of reforming certain institutions, notably security service. Was investigating President Trumps political opponents a part of those necessary reforms . Was it on that list of yours and was it on any list . No, they werent. In fact, historically is it not true than a major problem in the ukraine is bennetts misuse
of prosecutors, precisely to conduct an investigation of political opponents. Thats a legacy i dare suggest from the soviet era which as you said in your testimony prosecutors like the kgb were and i quote you now instrument
Local military veteran Ralph Michael was laid to rest Thursday afternoon, with his funeral procession including a military escort through uptown Hillsboro.