DHS WHISTLEBLOWER DETAILS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF TRUMP EXECS

A new whistleblower complaint from US Department of Homeland Security official Brian Murphy released Wednesday (Thursday, September 10, 2020 in Manila) provided a slew of provocative and disturbing allegations of criminal behavior and abuse of authority within the Trump administration, Cody Fenwick wrote for AlterNet late on the same day.

The document was released by the House Intelligence Committee, and it actually summarizes numerous previous complaints that Murphy, the principal deputy undersecretary for the department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, has previously filed with the inspector general. The complaint alleged that he has since faced professional retaliation from his superiors because of his previous allegations, despite the fact that he is protected from such actions by federal law.

The seven key allegations in the complaint are the following: 1. Murphy said he was illegally directed to manipulate intelligence assessments to support aggressive border policies; 2. The complaint makes a compelling case that former DHS Secretary Kirtjen Nielsen repeatedly and deliberately lied to Congress to exaggerate the threat at the border; 3. Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli illegally tried to distort intelligence reports he viewed as too favorable to asylum seekers, claiming they were concocted by the “Deep State,” and; 4. Under Secretary David Glawe was reportedly almost fired by Trump after he testified about the threat posed by Russian election interference.

The next allegation, Fenwick wrote, was that acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf told Murphy to stop reporting on Russian interference and to focus on China and Iran, which Murphy believed “would put the country in substantial and specific danger.” Sixth, officials were concerned that discussing the threats posed by white supremacists and Russian intelligence operations would reflect badly on Trump, and they preferred that Murphy’s team work on “violent ‘left-wing’ groups” like “antifa,” and seventh, Murphy said the substance of the allegations against DHS officials involve classified information but added the classification system was abused to cover up embarrassing or inconvenient facts.

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