GOP-Created Panel’s First Hearing on ‘Weaponization’ of Government Draws Fire From Democrats

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A new House panel is underway to investigate the abuse of federal power.

A former FBI agent told members of the new House panel investigating the abuse of federal power that she left the agency after she believes it became “politically weaponized.”

“I am here to stand for the truth based on my experience at the FBI,” former agent Nicole Parker testified at the first hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held on Thursday afternoon.

Saying that numerous FBI agents share her concerns but “do not have a voice,” she told the committee that she saw her job as “very sacred.”

“Lady Justice must remain blind,” Parker said in testimony that set the tone for future hearings featuring whistleblowers from the FBI.

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