the reason behind your suspension was it found you to have espoused conspiratorall views orly, in writing and indicated support for the events of january 6th, is that correct, yes or no? that is the language that they placed on the letter. that s a yes then. do you believe it s important for federal agents to have allegiance to the united states, yes or no. it is absolutely important that personnel have allegiance. do you believe you should have allegiance to the united states to possess a security clearance. absolutely. do you believe your obligations as an agent should supersede your please rephrase the question. do you believe your obligation as an agent should supersede your first amount right. do you believe that you have an obligation to serve as a federal agent regardless of what your personal political beliefs are? yes, i have an obligation to serve the united states. do you believe that f.b.i. agents should be permitted to express support for
On capitol hill. Well have much more on that. Also ahead, the latest out of The Middle East. President biden is pushing for a ceasefire to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Well show you former president Donald Trumps outburst during his Civil Fraud Trial in new york. First, willie, lets go to the latest on the tragedy unfolding in maine. At least 15 people are dead this morning, up to 50 may be injured in the community of lewiston, located 30 miles north of portland, maine. Police s gunman entered two separate locations. First, a Bowling Alley, where he fatally shot seven people before moving on to a nearby bar. Some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. Officials fear many teenagers could be among those killed and injured as the Bowling Alley was hosting its youth night. Police have identified now a 40yearold male as a Person Of Interest in connection with these shootings. Hes still at large, considered Armed And D
attf responsibilities, correct? yes. you took on the role of a full-time employee assigned to work child abuse investigation cases, correct? i took on the role of whatever i was needed to work. i made myself available to work domestic terrorism but there wasn t work to do. could you tell us you were reassigned. first you tell us you were reassigned and told that the csam cases weren t a priority, then you tell us that not only did they plan on replacing you, they let you continue working those cases until you were suspended. is that correct? yes, it was no longer a priority on paper. it is the way the f.b.i. all indicates manpower resources. on paper i was not supposed to be recording my work on those cases but then within my office, which was not in the jacksonville headquarters, my front line supervisor agleet my time was better spent working on csam cases. all right.
we look forward to reading work on monday shuns. and condolences to drew griffin and his family, god bless him. that that s very nice of you to say. thank you for making a point of reaching out to his family in that way. i appreciate that. reaction and perspective now from the panel, long serving bunch, jamie andrew mccabe, andrew let me start with you. you heard general honoré, how should be on the actual ther physical and that day, donald trump in the insurrection inside, that is illegitimate issue. absolutely it is. jake, i cut this into two different buckets. will the first is of course the physical manpower resources, fences situation at the capitol, i know there are legitimate conversations and debates around what do we want our capital to look like, some people support hard fencing, some people don t, i think an area where you can t debate is the fact that the capitol police have been growing nick