Security clearance revoked on tuesday. we re told that he went into fbi space and downloaded information with an unauthorized flash drive, that he did unauthorized interviews, including with a russian government agency, among other things, anderson. so, again, just a lot of questions about the information that these men were bringing to the committee. jessica dean, i appreciate it. before bringing in our next guest, democratic ranking member of the subcommittee stacey plaska, a delegate for the virgin islands, i want to play an exchange she had with the chairman. these are not whistle-blowers. they ve been determined by the agency not to be whistle-blowers. are you deciding that they re whistle-blowers? yes. the law decides. did you not listen to mr. leavitt s testimony? did you not read the law? this attorney is asserting the gentlelady from new york. the law has not determined that they the law has not determined they are whistle-blowers. his attorney is just assert
Witnessed, thank you for doing that. mr. leavitt, thank you for representing them. we appreciate that. now to the ranking member for an opening statement. thank you, mr. chair and good morning. today is our fourth hearing in this select committee. in our previous three hearings, we ve heard my republican colleagues and witnesses downplay the danger of extremism in america. suggesting that the 2020 election was stolen, claimed that january 6th was anything other than an attempted insurrection. anything other than domestic terrorism. from what i can glean about today s hearing, i will say glean because my republican colleagues don t really want us to work together. they give us the bare minimum notice for hearings. no subject indicated, we learn who the hearing witnesses is
They f.b.i. is questioning his commitment to our country. prior to blowing the whistle he received several awards from the f.b.i. selected as employee of the year in 2019. mr. allen hold of bachelor of arts degree from american military university. mr. leavitt, he is an attorney and president of empower oversight. an organization dedicated to enhancing independent overside of government and corporate wrongdoing. mr. levet was a senate confirmed member of the united states merit system protection board. mr. leavitt served as deputy special counsel that enforces federal whistleblower laws. he was a counsel for senator grassley on the judiciary committee and staff. a graduate of brigham young yurt and george town university law
Say they were retaliated against and humiliated and intimidated after speaking out and speaking up. mr. connolly. thank you. our sympathies are with your staff. you will get your full five minutes. i appreciate that. i must say my friendm california, i don t know where this concern for whistleblowers and protecting them was in the ukraine episode in that perfect phone call donald trump had with president zelensky in which a whistleblower was, in fact, subsequently punished for reporting which led to the impeachment of the president of the united states. without it be nice if we were consistent. mr. leavitt, i have five minutes and you represent an
Show that they were supposed to be on the property, you re going to jail. which house is it? very last one on the left. where should we stay? i d stay at the edge of the driveway back here. hi, how are you doing? i m officer vaughn with the north las vegas police department. this is officer leavitt. you re probably wondering why we re here. okay. can you tell me how you got here? has anybody told you that the lease that you have is fictitious? well, they told us that the person that we got it from is not the real owner. we need to get a hold of the bank. we re here on behalf of the bank. okay. so, if you could get your husband and i don t want my kids to run out. no, no, no, that s okay. how many kids do you have? i guess all the people who are inside are about to come out? how are you doing? how are you guys doing? good, good. here s the thing. the house that you re in is owned by a bank. they have not leased it out. i got a lease, bro. i m just cut