FBI agent who aired his grievances to Trump-loving senators blew the whistle on himself

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As many as 14 FBI employees have challenged valid assignments or questioned domestic terrorism strategy & are sympathetic to the suspects they’re ordered to investigate & arrest; one even refused to help arrest a man suspected of a Jan. 6 offense.
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Opinion | FBI agent who aired his grievances to Trump-loving senators blew the whistle on himself
It’s a sign of our times that the FBI must simultaneously police its own misguided agents, while it works to protect us.
1:19 PM · Oct 1, 2022

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-allies-are-supporting-these-violations-fbi-conduct-n1299211

A self-styled FBI whistleblower effectively blew the whistle on himself and other FBI agents who like him are responsible for investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, but are sympathetic to the suspects they are ordered to investigate and arrest.

Special agent Steve Friend of the FBI’s Daytona Beach satellite office, a 12-year bureau veteran and a SWAT team member, refused an assignment last month to help arrest a man suspected of a Jan. 6 offense and was considered absent without leave. Friend reported his suspension to Sens. Ron Johnson, R- Wis., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who included the details of his complaint in a letter that demanded answers from the FBI by Oct. 10.

If polarizing extremism in society has crept into the very agency charged with ferreting out violent threats to democracy, then the FBI must simultaneously police itself while it works to protect us.

We already know that at least 19 current or former law enforcement officers were charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, including some for assaulting police officers. We also know that the names of hundreds of officers were among leaked lists of Oath Keepers members. Yet recent highly politicized proclamations that as many as 14 FBI employees have chosen to challenge valid assignments or question domestic terrorism strategy by running to Trump-adoring Congress members offers a public sign that the bureau isn’t immune from society’s polarization.

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[Drum]

1. Kick + Recommend

It’s a poison! ☠️

[dchill]

2. I'm assuming they're guys. Fuck these guys.

[underpants]

4. 👆

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[dalton99a]

3. Kick

[Hekate]

5. KnR

[gratuitous]

6. Michael Reinoehl should have been so lucky

But the former guy sent out a death squad to execute him.

[MagickMuffin]

7. Shouldn't they be fired for not doing their jobs?

Perhaps it’s for the best that they don’t investigate since they’d probably subvert the process.

But I would rather them not work for the government they despise and detest.

[reACTIONary]

13. According to the OP, the "whistleblower" ...

.... was considered absent without leave and suspended. That's what he was complaining about. So there are consequences.

[ThoughtCriminal]

8. Unfortunately, law enforcement careers often attract authoritarians

When hey put their own ideology ahead of the responsibilities of the job, they need to be weeded out.

[CanonRay]

9. I know the FBI, his next duty office will be Nome

but only if Point Barrow isn't available. The greatest sin in the FBI is embarrassing the agency.

[plimsoll]

11. Both of those places have what for Alaska are actual populations.

Adak would be better, or Meyers Chuck but the weather is better there.

[JoeOtterbein]

10. K n R ! Thanks for posting!

To expose the insanity!

[aggiesal]

12. I don't care if they violated the constitution, I agree with them ...

I only want to arrest people I don't agree with.

Do I need the sarcasm thingee?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. MAGAts need to be purged from government.