- Both corrections are related to material written in the respective stories about Friend.
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The Washington Post’s correction, which was added to the top of an article published Friday titled “Democrats challenge credibility of GOP witnesses who embrace false Jan. 6 claims,” stated: “An earlier version of this article erroneously said former FBI official Stephen Friend had not reported to a supervisor one of his concerns related to the use of a SWAT team in arrests related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riots. He said he did tell the supervisor, but he did not mention it in a written declaration, according to a report from Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee. The article has been corrected.”
- The Post article now states that as an FBI case agent in Florida, Friend objected to the use of a SWAT team to arrest five people suspected of being members of a militia-type group over their alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 riot.
- Rolling Stone’s correction, which was placed at the end of the article “Inside Jim Jordan’s Disastrous Search for a ‘Deep State’ Whistleblower,” states: “This story has been corrected to reflect that Steven Friend’s security clearance was suspended.”
