Bush asked FBI Director Christopher Wray to provide information she believes the bureau gathered on her protest activities.
The Intercept, Bush—who was an activist before securing her seat in Congress—asked the director to hand over data that the FBI had collected on her activities before he was scheduled to appear before the committee.
This request was by no means outlandish: The FBI has collected data on protesters for years and as Wray admitted himself during the hearing, thousands of people have requested to “see their so-called file.” “For so long we’ve been criminalized and intimidated,” Bush said. “And I’ve watched this. And I’m one of those people. I have a unique position now to be able to ask those hard and key questions that nobody else can ask the director the same way that I can—coming directly from the movement and still being very much a part of that same movement.”
Wray claimed he had only just been made aware of her request earlier in the day and did not come prepared with the information. When Bush asked when she could expect to get a response, Wray assured her he would put his staff on it immediately. But Bush wasn’t going to let him off the hook that easily.
“You stated earlier that the Bureau does not surveil first amendment protests, but isn’t true that some 120 surveillance aircraft were deployed to monitor the Justice for George Floyd protests around June 1?” Bush asked Wray, demanding a simple yes or no response.
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