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White House, DOJ pushed FBI to investigate protesters, violating rights: Whistleblower
A new whistleblower complaint accuses the White House as well as top leadership at the Justice Department and the FBI of directing agents to open investigations into Los Angeles protesters, violating the Constitution and bureau policy by targeting them for First Amendment activity.
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Both outlets center a whistleblower complaint alleging that White House involvement pushed an unconstitutional FBI probe of protesters, with The Hill also foregrounding the Justice Department and FBI leadership named in the complaint. NBC News adds one detail not present in The Hill’s extract: the former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so directives were often given face to face. The framing otherwise converges on the same basic allegation and rights violation.
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