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
excessive use of force. mr. friend, quote, espoused an alternative narrative about the events at the u.s. capitol during communications with his supervisors about refusing to participate in the arrest of january 6th suspect. the letter from the fbi sent sent to the weaponization committee noted in september of 2022, friend downloaded documents from fbi computer systems to, quote, an unauthorized removeable flash drive. despite the fbi s flashing red warning signs, about two of the people the gop is marketing as whistleblowers, the hearing went off anyway and left to the democrats on the committee to point out what the fbi flagged to the committee. watch. you claim your security clearance was improperly revoked but an investigation concluded you demonstrated a number of
gun by the father for the child under false pretenses. there s the fact that when the child was searching for ammo, the mom laughed it off. then the ignoring of all the flashing red warning signs, the drawings, the threats. all of that is going to come into play. the security of the gun will be one of many factors. the prosecutor told cnn she could add more charges to this case. what do you think? i think we re looking at new charges against both parents plus the new person of interest. we could be looking at resisting arrest, obstruction of justice. also, i want to know what they ve been doing for the last 24 hours. if they, for example, deleted texts. took a sim card out of the back of a phone and threw it in the lake, that could be witness tampering. if they got in touch who might be witnesses, that could be witness and evidence tampering. so we need to know the specifics, but the prosecutor