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The FBI is considering carrying out a “showy” arrest and perp walk of the agency’s now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, and has suspended an agent who refused to participate in the plan, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Comey was charged last week with lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding, an unprecedented move that came after …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a “perp walk” of the bureau’s former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month, four people briefed on the matter said on Friday. Comey was charged on September 25 with making false statements and …

FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center after MAGA push  Politico Two breaks in one week: FBI ditches SPLC and ADL  Axios FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League, FBI director says  Reuters Patel cuts ties Comey’s FBI made with ADL as organization faces backlash for TPUSA criticism  Fox News The ADL faces fierce blowback from MAGA world despite capitulation  MSNBC News Source link

Three converging events in the 1970s – the Watergate scandal, the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War and revelations that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had abused his power to persecute people and organizations he viewed as political enemies – destroyed what formerly had been near-automatic trust in the presidency and the FBI. In response, Congress enacted reforms designed …

The annus horribilis for those of us still invested in the FBI’s integrity continues apace. The most recent wound opened roughly two weeks ago with a series of events roundly condemned by most segments of the political commentariat. Erik Siebert was the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and he previously supported the Trumpian changes afflicting the …

FBI Director Kash Patel announces break with anti-Semitism watchdog amid outrage over description of Charlie Kirk. The top law enforcement agency in the United States has cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), accusing the Jewish advocacy organisation and anti-Semitism watchdog of spying on conservatives. FBI Director Kash Patel made the announcement on Wednesday after prominent conservative influencers, including Elon …

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League, FBI director says  Reuters Patel cuts ties Comey’s FBI made with ADL as organization faces backlash for TPUSA criticism  Fox News JUST IN: Trump FBI Cuts Ties With the ADL Over Charlie Kirk Backlash  Yahoo FBI’s Kash Patel attacks ADL as ‘extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization’  Jewish Insider ADL Scraps ‘Glossary of Extremism’ After Backlash  Newsweek Source …

Who is Thomas Jacob Sanford? What we know about the suspected Michigan church gunman ​ The man police identified as the gunman who killed four people and injured several others during services at a Michigan Mormon church on Sunday before setting the building on fire is a 40-year-old Marine veteran who served in Iraq. Thomas Jacob Sanford was named by …

President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview Sunday with NBC News, accused former FBI Director Christopher Wray of “inappropriate” behavior during his tenure and said he “would think” the Justice Department is investigating him. “I would imagine. I would certainly imagine. I would think they are doing that,” Trump said in a phone call when he was asked whether the …

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said Sunday that she finds it “appalling” that President Trump alleged that the FBI had placed agents into the crowd as “agitators” during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “They were brought in because we needed help,” Klobuchar said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” The president posted on …