Declassified intel vindicates Steve Friend’s 2022 whistleblower claims about FBI’s handling of J6

Former FBI agent and whistleblower Steve Friend feels “vindicated” now that newly declassified documents back up his claims that the FBI used the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot to artificially inflate domestic terrorism data. “I wish it had happened a little bit sooner. I’m sitting here 995 days after being removed as retaliation for bringing my concerns forward, which I didn’t do for any political reasons,” he says.