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A version of this story first published in April 2018. Long before former FBI Director James Comey became a target of President Donald Trump, he was a much-admired high school student in Bergen County who played on the basketball team and wrote for the student newspaper. Comey, 64, who grew up in Allendale, was indicted on Thursday by a federal …

Topline President Donald Trump on Saturday falsely claimed FBI agents were among instigators during protests at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, despite an earlier probe finding no federal agents were undercover among the crowds. An earlier probe found “no evidence” the FBI had undercover agents in protests at the Capitol. Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Key …

Trump falsely suggests FBI agents to blame for igniting Jan. 6 violence  Politico FBI’s Patel clarifies role of hundreds of agents on Jan 6, says Wray lied to Congress  Fox News Trump accuses Wray of lying about agency actions on January 6, days after Comey indicted  CNN Trump rages at bombshell report alleging FBI had 274 plainclothes agents in crowd during Capitol riot  New …

FBI personnel take a knee with demonstrators that were marching on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2020, during a protest over the death of George Floyd. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Over a dozen FBI agents were fired Friday, including ones photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in June 2020 following …

Leaders of the Federal Bureau of Investigation fired more than a dozen agents who kneeled amid Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2020. Many of the agents had already been demoted or put on administrative leave.  One source told CBS News that the termination letter to the agents cited their alleged “lack of judgement” in …

The man known for the Peanut Punch has punched out for the last time at the FBI. Former Bears cornerback Charles “Peanut” Tillman recently told The Pivot Podcast that he has resigned from the Bureau. He had joined the FBI in 2018. “So, one of the reasons, let me start off by saying this,” Tillman said. “FBI was great to …

Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images (File image) The number of agents fired by the bureau is unclear The FBI has fired a group of agents who were pictured kneeling at a racial justice protest over the death of George Floyd, US media reports, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The agents reportedly took the knee alongside others during a …

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has fired as many as 20 FBI agents, including a group associated with a 2020 incident in which agents were photographed kneeling with demonstrators at the height of protests over the police killing of George Floyd, two people briefed on the matter said. The latest round of dismissals at the bureau came at the end …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday. The bureau last spring had reassigned the agents but has since fired them, said the people, who insisted …

Havana  —  Assata Shakur, the Black Liberation Army member and fugitive with a $2 million FBI reward on her head, died in Havana where she had received political asylum from Fidel Castro, the Cuban Foreign Ministry announced Friday. According to the short announcement, Shakur, who was also known as Joanne Chesimard, died Thursday from “health ailments and her advanced age.” …