A New Orleans FBI agent who blew the whistle on a case involving multiple women being sexually harassed finally got his position restored after a nine-year battle. This story comes just days after FBI Director Kash Patel announced that his agency had concluded agreements with 10 whistleblowers to restore their positions and security clearances, as well as to offer back pay.
In 2016, New Orleans FBI Agent Mike Zummer investigated a district attorney who used the power of his office to have oral sex with five women, sexually battered eight women and asked nine others for sexual favors.
During the investigation, Zummer observed that New Orleans U.S. Assistant Attorneys had conflicts of interest, including the first AUSA owning property with the district attorney’s defense attorney.
Zummer said he reported this conflict of interest and the case ended up being closed.
“We were able to get the case re-opened again with a new U.S. attorney, but they ultimately found 22 victims of this DA,” Zummer said on the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show on Friday. “We got approval to charge them with racketeering, which is a huge charge. But unfortunately, the new U.S. attorney allowed his office to basically lead this guy down to harassing a witness with a three-year maximum sentence and essentially cut out all of the sexual abuse from the factual basis that was filed with the court.”
He asked permission to notify the presiding judge of the misconduct that favored the district attorney. When permission was denied, he submitted a draft letter to the FBI before publishing it. When the FBI didn’t review the letter, he sent it to the court. Even though it contained no classified information, Zummer was labeled a whistleblower and was suspended. He had his security clearance revoked for sending the letter to court.
Zummer did get his job back, and that the deal made under Kash Patel would allow him to retire and get his security clearance back, according to a local media outlet.
“It’ll be nine years September 30,” Zummer said. “So [I was] suspended indefinitely without pay, and I filed a lawsuit. I’ve been fighting in court ever since, really, until this deal.”
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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