Democrats on the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government repeatedly raised parliamentary procedural objections to disrupt the panel’s May 18 hearing on retaliation against three FBI agents-turned-whistleblowers.
At issue for the Democrats was the fact suspended FBI agent Marcus Allen had talked to Republican members of the subcommittee prior to the hearing, but had declined to do so with Democrats present.
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wy.) had barely concluded the first opening statement by a regular subcommittee member when Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands), the Ranking Member, complained about not having access to a transcript of Allen’s prior conversation….