Government agencies may be attempting to block President Donald Trump’s appointees from taking their posts by asking anti-conservative questions in background checks, The Daily Wire has learned.
As part of the background checks political appointees undergo, federal agents often interview a candidate’s neighbors and associates. One person interviewed about a Trump appointee told The Daily Wire that an FBI agent asked whether the appointee held biases against transgender people as part of the interview.
“Do you know [the appointee] to hold any biases against people due to race, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity?” the agent asked, according to the individual, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to not jeopardize the assessment.
The FBI’s national press office did not respond to an inquiry about what questions it asks and what would happen if a Trump political appointee said they did harbor certain biases.
In a separate case, a Department of Homeland Security contractor with the firm Peraton asked a Trump appointee’s associate if the appointee “has participated in anything that can be considered an insurrection against the U.S. Government,” a question seemingly meant to identify anyone associated with January 6. […]
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