FBI launches internal investigation into its own Twitter account

[riversedge]

Source: Think Progress





The FBI has launched an internal investigation into one of its own Twitter accounts.

The account at issue, @FBIRecordsVault, had been dormant for more than a year. Then on October 30 at 4 a.m., the account released a flood of documents, including one describing Donald Trump’s father Fred Trump as a “philanthropist.”

But it wasn’t until two days later, when the account tweeted documents regarding President Clinton’s controversial pardon of Marc Rich that the account began to attract significant attention.

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The strange tweets come days after James Comey released a letter revealing that the department was reviewing some emails that could be relevant to the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server. The Justice Department opposed release of the letter, arguing that it violated department protocols.......................



Judd Legum
Editor-In-Chief, ThinkProgress
2 hrs ago

An FBI tweet may have crossed the line.


Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/fbi-launches-internal-investigation-into-its-own-twitter-account-8d5fc2a81fdc#.qrx8zwi90

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[Democat]

1. The New York Times ran a story defending Trump based on a fake FBI leak

The Times has been very pro Russia during this campaign. Someone at the Washington Post should investigate what's going on at the New York Times.

[riversedge]

4. I read an article yesterday--the NYT is losing money right and left.

[Native]

9. Wasn't it like a 90%+ quarterly loss?

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Maybe this is a tip

that there are going to be some more internal investigations
after the election?

[maxrandb]

3. Fuck that "Internal" shit

I think the DOJ needs to appoint an Independent Council with full subpoena power to investigate these FBI Leaks.

Let's get a look at their email!

Trust us - we're going to investigate ourselves. Horseshit!!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. I doubt DOJ would do it publicly

too much PR damage to the department

[bathroommonkey76]

6. Feds go to war with FBI on Twitter: ‘Know restrictions of political activity under the #HatchAct’

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has publicly warned federal employees about violating the Hatch Act after FBI officials have been seemingly trying to undermine Hillary Clinton’s campaign with a series of actions and leaks just days before the election.

FBI Director James Comey recently followed-up his unprecedented July press conference condemning Clinton with a surprise announcement that the investigation into her private email server was not over — just 11 days before the election. Suspicions were further raised when the FBI decided to release information about President Bill Clinton’s controversial pardon less than a week before voters go to the polls.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that FBI investigators had based a probe of the Clinton Foundation on a discredited book written by a fringe conservative author. And then, the investigators disobeyed instructions from their superiors to drop the case.

All of this had some people wondering if FBI officials were violating the Hatch Act, a 1939 law that prevents federal employees from abusing their positions to support candidates.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/feds-go-to-war-with-fbi-on-twitter-know-restrictions-of-political-activity-under-the-hatchact/

[Stonepounder]

8. See petition to do just that at

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/appoint-special-prosecutor-investigate-if-fbi-director-james-comey-violated-hatch-act

[maxrandb]

7. "Stop Us Before We Tweet Again!" n/t

[bushisanidiot]

10. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Comey's FBI is behind the DNC and Podesta email hacks

that they are blaming on the russians.

[Enrique]

13. the one that tipped them off

"Make America Great Again"