Gary shapely is his name. 14 year veteran. listen. there was multiple steps that were slow walked at the direction of the department of justice. had you ever encountered that before? i have not, no. these deviations were normal process and each and every time it seems to all of a sudden benefit the subject. he says he decided to blow the whistle after a heated meeting last october with federal prosecutors. that was my red line meeting it. just got to that point where that switch was turned on and i just couldn t silence my conscience anymore. lawrence: yeah, so there is a lot of shady business happening right now four government. i thought we were the country and i thought the democrats was the party of protecting whistleblowers. it s amazing when you have whistleblowers that don t go along with their narrative that they start to publicly shame them. remember, they are all trying to make these whistleblowers. i don t know these guys politics have they said it? do we have an
thanks to my guests and our studio audience. fox news with trace gallagher is next. i love you, america. good evening, and welcome to america s late news. fox news tonight. i m trace gallagher in los angeles. trace: breaking tonight, fbi whistleblowers who called out the fbi for targeting pro-life groups, catholics and parents, now say the fbi has turned the tables and is targeting the whistleblowers, and there were fireworks in today s hearing on capitol hill. kevin is live in the nation s capitol with more on this. good evening. fireworks indeed. good evening. if what s been alleged is actually true it would undoubtedly constitute a
Keep democrats in the dark in the process. i m not aware that you re able to withhold information from the minority that we would need to use. when it comes to whistleblowers you re not. i would remind everyone look, when it comes to whistleblowers, you re not. that s not right. it s shocking that the that s not right. it s shocking it s shocking that the gentleman from new york from all the information we had. when you re part of the investigation with an anonymous whistleblower. talk about back and forth. it was intense indeed. now, jordan also accused the fbi s dc field office of wanting to open investigations without pred indication. that s a charge they deny. in the meantime whistleblowers, trace, also say they faced backlash from the bureau after speaking out. again, that s a charge the feds deny, to be continued, and certainly a lot more to say about that here in washington. i m sure in the days and weeks
Ahead. trace. trace: kevin, thank you, let s bring in stewart caplynn. it s great to have you on. jim jordan the congressman was arguing, it wasn t just about attacking a presidential campaign, this was about attacking americans. listen to him. today it s the american people. they are the target. you don t, you re not politically correct. you re not lying with what they think should be the political position, proper position, you re the target. parent attending a school board meeting, pro-lifers praying at a clinic or catholics simply attending mass, you could be a target. stuart, saying has always been you can t fight city hall. we never dreamed we would be fighting the fbi. your thoughts? yes, i mean, look, trace, let me just put it this way. i think if you talk to any fbi agent today or 25 years ago, i think the consensus would be the fbi has never done great job in marshalling grievances or protecting whistleblowers.
Shocking abuse of power by the nation s premier law enforcement agency. according to house republicans, who examined material from whistleblowers. the fbi, they say, targeted for investigations pro-life groups, catholics, and parents attending school board meetings, all in this clandestine effort to inflate the sense that they were a domestic terrorism threat. if you re a parent and you attend a school board meeting, there could be an fbi agent in the parking lot scribbling down your license plate number. this is not a conspiracy theory. this is actually testimony that these brave whistleblowers have given us. shocking allegations. still, house democrats were absolutely indignant at the suggestion that hearings like the one that took place on capitol hill were part of the intel community to give whistleblowers free reign to level wild accusations and to