Following a lawsuit from conservative legal nonprofit America First Legal (AFL), the Biden government has agreed to disband the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group. The group, formed by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, consisted of individuals from the private sector designated to give insights on the government’s intelligence and national security endeavors.
Critics contended that the board was more partisan than neutral, expressing concerns over the involvement of figures such as James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, and John Brennan, former CIA Director. Both had previously signed a letter questioning the truth behind the Hunter Biden laptop story.
“As a result of our lawsuit in federal court, DHS is surrendering in total to our demands: they are closing down their new partisan intelligence board featuring Clapper and Brennan — which would have been used to promote censored, unethical spying, and gross civil rights invasions of political enemies — and they are surrendering their documents, handing them over to our possession. We won. We beat Biden and DHS,” said AFL President Stephen Miller.
America First Legal, which also represented former acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grennell in the lawsuit, found that among the political donations made by those appointed to the group, a mere one percent went to Republicans, while 98 percent favored Democrats. Filed in November, the lawsuit accused the group of violating the Federal Advisory Committee Act, citing an alleged bias, a lack of public transparency, and undue influence by the Biden regime.
Although DHS denied any violation, it has agreed to dissolve the group. As per the agreement, the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group will be wound down within 30 days, with no future meetings scheduled and no reconstitution of the group inconsistent with federal law.
