Andrew Bakaj

Andrew Bakaj

@andrewbakaj.bsky.social

For Press Inquiries Please Contact Press@WhistleblowerAid.org Chief Counsel at Whistleblower Aid (@wbaidlaw.bsky.social)

1,978 Followers 23 Following 27 Posts Joined Nov 2024
5 days ago

Thank you @colbertlateshow.bsky.social!

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Noem’s Colleagues Celebrate Her Firing | ICE Whistleblower Testifies | RFK Jr. Attacks New England YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Really cool to have Stephen Colbert thank our client, Ryan Schwank, on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social last night. We at @wbaidlaw.bsky.social are very Schwankful!
youtu.be/-A2xfWBEhM8?...

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WhistleblowerAid.org’s response to confirmation that DNI Gabbard continues to block key congressional leaders from seeing – in any form – the underlying, classified intelligence associated with our IC... DNI Tulsi Gabbard continues to block key congressional leaders from seeing – in any form – the underlying, classified intelligence associated with our client’s disclosure. This is by no means surprisi...

Our statement from @wbaidlaw.bsky.social whistlebloweraid.org/whistleblowe...

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Exclusive: ICE whistleblower speaks out, accuses agency of ‘defective’ training | CNN In an exclusive interview with CNN, former ICE attorney Ryan Schwank alleges the agency is “teaching cadets to violate the Constitution” and pressured him to stay quiet about changes to its training p...

Before you watch tonight’s State of the Union, watch this! Thank you Ryan and my colleagues at @wbaidlaw.bsky.social for doing this!

www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/u...

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3 weeks ago

Coming up next hour on The Briefing!

Sen. Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov
MN AG Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us
Andrew Bakaj @andrewbakaj.bsky.social

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1 month ago

It's time to return to Washington and proceed to Congress.

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Empowering whistleblowers to change the world Report Government & Corporate Lawbreaking. Without Breaking The Law. Pro bono support for public interest whistleblowers.

UPDATE: Whistleblower Aid Chief Legal Counsel
@AndrewBakaj -- "Director Gabbard has failed to meet her legal mandate to provide me and my whistlebloweraid.org client with security guidance on disclosing classified information to congressional intelligence committees.

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1 month ago

As a Moynihan alum, it's Moynihan Hall and Penn Station.

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1 month ago

Our whistleblower client is willing to speak, w/appropriate protections, w/Gang of Eight & cleared staffs to provide addt'l details about complaint & address credibility & concerns of politicization, as well as answer questions @odnigov.bsky.social is refusing to address.

We all want the truth.

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1 month ago

You don't hide something for over eight months if you're not afraid of the consequences or knowingly engaging in something that would damage trust. It's deliberate, sustained deception.

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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

Remember when the Fourth Amendment was still a thing?

Great work here by @wbaidlaw.bsky.social and @andrewbakaj.bsky.social

apnews.com/article/ice-...

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1 month ago

What did Susie Wiles know and when did she know it? And what did she do with it?!

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1 month ago

Thank you, @muellershewrote.com

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Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”

Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”

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“I can’t look my daughters in the eye and say I’m running as a Republican, when they’re pulling over Hispanics and Asians because of the color of their skin and what they look like. I did not sign up for that.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Parents say teens are addicted to social media. Now, a jury will decide. Parent lawsuits alleging social media’s addictive design fueled the teen mental health crisis are heading to trial.

For years, parents alleged that top social media companies had gotten teens hooked on their products with addictive design features.

Now, the first of several high-profile social media addiction lawsuits against Meta, TikTok and YouTube goes to trial.

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BARTIROMO: But how was he threatening Border Patrol? How was he using a gun to threaten? He was filming it

KASH PATEL: That's something I'll let DHS because they are investigating that case

(Notable that even Bartiromo seems to be bothered by this!)

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Klobuchar points out that the Trump administration is simultaneously assaulting the First Amendment, Second Amendment, and Fourth Amendment

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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

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Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word.

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"Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Video footage shows Mr. Pretti stepping between a woman and an agent who is pepper spraying her. ...

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Another citizen exercising his rights died today as ICE continues to flout the law and the constitution. This follows the secret directive our brave whistleblowers exposed earlier this week instructing ICE agents to break into homes without a judicial warrant. We need accountability for all of it.

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Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans.

Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV

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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...

"Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets."

{gift link} wapo.st/3LxWTQV

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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

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It’s been a busy week at @wbaidlaw.bsky.social whistlebloweraid.org
#ice

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1 month ago

This is the most Minnesota thing ever, but this time, seriously.

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Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6

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