far left extreme candidates tonight. that will be raphael warnock. that s coming up. but first tonight, just breaking now, a major new report from the washington times. it just broke. it says rank and file fbi whistleblowers coming forward. many are now saying that director christopher wray has lost control of the agency and needs to resign. according to the washington times report, these whistleblower claims include allegations of bias even being forced to sign false affidavits. and according to my sources tonight who i spoke to within the last hour, that are directly involved with the whistleblowers, there are at now at least 20 confirmed whistleblowers that have come forward. and according to their attorney, quote, i m hearing from fbi personnel that they feel like the director has lost control of the bureau. he said they are saying how does this guy survive? he s leaving. he s got to leave now. also breaking tonight, a new memo from the attorney general merrick garland an
you may remember there wereligec more than 50 former intelligence officials with no evidence whatsoever that signedt on to the letter saying it looks like russian disinformation and joe biden r has just appointed one of them, jeremy bash, to his presidential intelligence advisory board. kentucky congressman james comber says that appointment is just part of biden s own pattern of usingg his power to protect his prote family. holmer is the ranking member ocw the house oversight committee. he joins us now. congressmaman,n, thank you. what can you tell us about it? and especially in light of the the revelation about fbihe whistleblowers and the warning coming from the ag s office noto to tal tk to members of congres? i thought we praised whistleblowers. prais we do praise whistleblowers, especially on the house oversighcially oe t committee. and i can tell you we reen meeting with dozens of whistleblowers from some oflaw the top law enforcement agencies, not just the fbi, but also bor
question oflaw, every lawyer says quite quickly that we are on the precipice of a democratic crisis if we are not already in it. i think these are dangerous, dangerous times. and this is dangerous rhetoric. one of the great things of being in a democracy is that we have protections under the first amendment. and that s the thing that individuals hide behind when they make statements like this. i was simply asserting my right to free speech, i wasn t intending to incite a rebellion or anything like that. i think with those remarks, senator lee tweeted on october 8th, 2020 of the election that democracy was not the goal, but prosperity and harmony were, i think those raise questions, but they are not necessarily criminal actions. i think those are things that we expect will be dealt with in the political process as opposed to the legal process. so the really the question goes to senator lee s constituency, is this the person you want representing you in a democracy? someone who apparentl