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Knewz: ‘No Coincidence’: New Report into FBI Actions on Jan. 6

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Knewz.com is reporting that FBI Director Kash Patel has announced that new information regarding the January 6 Capitol Riot will soon be made public. The incident involved the arrest of numerous Trump supporters who assaulted law enforcement and threatened public officials in Washington, DC. Investigations into the FBI’s actions during the riot have been ongoing, with US intelligence officials involved.

So let me guess — history is about to be rewritten to read the way Trump wants it to read?

Patel noted that significant information has been uncovered, particularly regarding potential involvement by undercover FBI agents during the riot. He claimed that the event has been politicized by the left. No official confirmation from Patel or the FBI verifies the claims yet.

Yup! As the tale evolves, it appears it was a left-wing (commies? Biden?) conspiracy!

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) wrote, “It’s no coincidence that FBI Director Wray announced his resignation just prior to the release of the IG report exposing activities of FBI confidential human sources at the Capitol on Jan 6. For four years, I pressed for answers on this. Now the malfeasance is finally exposed.”

Or possibly FBI Director Wray just didn’t want to hang around and hob-nob with all the stupid people & sycophants Trump’s been planting in the Department of Justice?

FBI officials provided the Department of Justice with a list of over 5,000 agents involved in investigations related to the Capitol riot. Former President Donald Trump claims he has faced unfair prosecution by the FBI and the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden.

Please call a wambulance for King Donald.

Following Trump’s inauguration, many prosecutors handling riot-related cases have been dismissed by officials appointed by the White House at the Justice Department. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan stated, “This report confirms what we suspected. The FBI had encouraged and tasked confidential human sources to be at the Capitol that day. There were 26 total present. Four entered the Capitol and weren’t charged, which is not the same treatment that other Americans received.“

The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it! The FBI did it!

Herr Patel, please come home from the nightclub & sober up!

‘No Coincidence’: New Report into FBI Actions on Jan. 6
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MSNBC: I confronted Sec. Noem [Bimbo #2] because our democracy is threatened like never before

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Last month, President Donald Trump shared an edited image of the knuckles of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident with protected status wrongfully sent to a Salvadoran detention facility. The photo showed “MS13” apparently added above his knuckle tattoos, even though other photos of his hand did not have that text. Last week, I had a chance to ask Homeland Security Security Kristi Noem [Bimbo #2] if she had investigated how an edited image came into the president’s hands. Not only did she refuse to answer, she barely acknowledged that the image was edited.

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The groundwork for jailing the innocent is being laid right now — not behind closed doors, but out in the open.

First, Trump appointed Kash Patel as FBI director, an unqualified podcaster who published a book listing names of Trump’s enemies who should be imprisoned. I didn’t make the top 60; rather, I was mentioned in the foreword to Patel’s list as a legislator who should be targeted.

Next, in Trump’s first hours as president, rather than issuing executive orders that would lower consumer costs, he pardoned or commuted the sentence of every Jan. 6 criminal. A man willing to free hundreds of political allies seems more than willing to jail his political enemies.

Accordingly, last month, Trump directed his attorney general to investigate Christopher Krebs, former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Miles Taylor, former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security. Krebs made the mistake of declaring the 2020 election the most secure in history. Taylor had the courage to organize other concerned Trump national security officials to bring to light Trump’s constitutional crimes.

And Trump demonstrated he’s willing to tell any lie to justify jailing anyone — which brings us back to Abrego Garcia. In April, the Trump administration admitted in court that it had mistakenly sent Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.

Every court that’s heard Abrego Garcia’s appeal — including the Supreme Court — has ordered Trump to facilitate his return to the United States. When asked about the case, Trump boasted he “could” return Abrego Garcia, but he “won’t.” To justify the man’s imprisonment, Trump has pointed to the altered image.

Opinion | I confronted Sec. Noem because our democracy is threatened like never before
President Trump has demonstrated he’s willing to tell any lie to justify jailing anyone.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/eric-swalwell-kristi-noem-kilmar-abrego-garcia-rcna207275

Raw Story: ‘Traitor’: FBI’s Patel and Bongino infuriate MAGA fans with Fox interview

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A Fox Morning Futures interview with Donald Trump’s two top appointees to the FBI created new problems for the administration after they both stated unequivocally that accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell while awaiting trial.

“You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. People don’t believe it,” host Maria Bartiromo pressed FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino.

If Jeffrey Epstein’s demise is causing discord among the MAGA fanbois, he’s probably more useful dead than alive.

‘Traitor’: FBI’s Patel and Bongino infuriate MAGA fans with Fox interview

https://www.rawstory.com/epstein-fbi-patel

Alternet: BUSTED: James Comey’s cryptic ‘8647’ doesn’t mean what Trump voters say it means

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem [Bimbo #2], FBI Director Kash Patel and other far-right MAGA Republicans are calling for an investigation of former FBI Director James Comey in response to an Instagram post that depicted seashells in the sand forming the numbers “8647.”

The slang expression “eight-six” means to “remove” or “eject,” and Donald Trump is the 47th president of the United States. Noem [Bimbo #2], in a May 15 post on X, formerly Twitter, claimed that Comey was promoting violence against President Trump.

Noem [Bimbo #2] tweeted, “Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey just called for the assassination of @POTUS Trump. DHS and Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond appropriately.”

But Noem’s [Bimbo #2’s] critics are reminding her that the term “eight-six” doesn’t automatically have a violent connotation. When restaurant workers, for example, say that they need to “eight-six” an order, it means cancel the order. Or a bar might “eighty-six” a customer who has had too much to drink.

Liberal firebrand and former MSNBC host Keith Olberman, in response to Noem’s [Bimbo #2’s] tweet, posted, “Listen, you lying witch, he didn’t call for assassinating anyone. Since you murdered your daughter’s dog maybe you ought to S— about this.”

BUSTED: James Comey’s cryptic ‘8647’ doesn’t mean what Trump voters say it means

https://www.alternet.org/comey-86-noem-trump

NBC News: Kash Patel’s new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events

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Supporters of the new director say he is bringing needed change. Some current and former FBI and DOJ officials worry he is not taking the job seriously enough.

Patel’s approach to his new job has raised concerns that he is not taking the position seriously enough, a dozen current and former DOJ and FBI officials told NBC News.

Officials who worked on the morning director’s briefings were told that the schedule was changed because Patel sometimes failed to arrive on time, said two current and two former FBI and Justice Department officials familiar with the matter.

At the same time, Patel has drawn attention for regularly appearing with celebrities at professional sporting events around the country, according to flight logs and social media posts.

Since taking office on Feb. 20, Patel appears to have made three flights on FBI planes to Nashville, Tennessee, where his girlfriend, a country singer, lives; two flights to Las Vegas, where he has a home; and one flight to New York, where he attended a professional hockey game. FBI policy in recent years has mandated that directors fly on government aircraft for security reasons.

Kash Patel’s new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events
Supporters of the new director say he is bringing needed change. Some current and former FBI and DOJ officials worry he is not taking the job seriously enough.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna202865

Daily Beast: Kash Patel Is Seriously Infuriating FBI Officials

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FBI Director Kash Patel has alarmed some members of the bureau by taking what they say is an overly casual approach to the role.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s domestic intelligence and security service is a former prosecutor and political adviser who had little if any law enforcement experience when the president nominated him to head the bureau.

But instead of throwing himself into the job and trying to gain credibility with the officials he’s been tasked with leading, a dozen current and former officials at the FBI and Department of Justice said they worried he wasn’t taking the position seriously enough, NBC News reported.

For decades, the FBI chief has received an 8:30 a.m. daily “director’s brief” with the most important information gathered from thousands of agents and analysts. Patel reportedly had trouble making the morning briefing, so it was dropped from five days a week to two.

“Even that has been a struggle,” an unnamed official told NBC.

Two current FBI officials said Patel sometimes seems uninterested in the materials, forcing them to try to create briefs that will hold his attention.

Patel also ended a long-standing practice of holding secure weekly video conferences with field office leaders across the country, according to NBC. The meetings were considered a crucial way to share information and priorities across the bureau.

Kash Patel Is Seriously Infuriating FBI Officials
The FBI director has canceled key intelligence briefings and upset rank-and-file by carrying a field agent badge he never earned.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patel-is-seriously-infuriating-fbi-officials

NBC News: Kash Patel’s new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events

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Supporters of the new director say he is bringing needed change. Some current and former FBI and DOJ officials worry he is not taking the job seriously enough.

Probably asleep at the helm or out clubbing!

For decades, the head of the FBI has attended a daily 8:30 a.m. “director’s brief,” where he is presented the most important intelligence and law enforcement information gleaned from thousands of agents and analysts across the country, current and former FBI officials say.

And on Wednesday afternoons, the FBI director or his deputy held a secure video teleconference with the leaders of field offices across the country to share information about bureau priorities.

But that schedule has changed under FBI Director Kash Patel. Unlike his recent predecessors, Patel is receiving the “director’s brief” two days a week, according to two current officials with direct knowledge and two former FBI and Justice Department officials familiar with the matter. Patel has also stopped holding the weekly Wednesday-afternoon video teleconference with FBI leaders, one current and one former FBI official said.

Patel’s approach to his new job has raised concerns that he is not taking the position seriously enough, a dozen current and former DOJ and FBI officials told NBC News.

Officials who worked on the morning director’s briefings were told that the schedule was changed because Patel sometimes failed to arrive on time, said two current and two former FBI and Justice Department officials familiar with the matter.

At the same time, Patel has drawn attention for regularly appearing with celebrities at professional sporting events around the country, according to flight logs and social media posts.

Kash Patel’s new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events
Supporters of the new director say he is bringing needed change. Some current and former FBI and DOJ officials worry he is not taking the job seriously enough.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna202865

Mediaite: ‘You Have No Timeline?!’ Senator Gobsmacked by FBI Director Kash Patel Showing Up at Budget Hearing Without a Budget

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One of Trump’s least competent sycophants pays Congress a visit:

During a Senate hearing to review the FBI’s FY2026 budget request, Director Kash Patel was forced to admit that, despite the law requiring it, he had no such request ready to review.

This surprising development came during an awkward back-and-forth with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the ranking Democrat and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which oversees and approves budget requests.

Senator Murray reminded the FBI Director that the budget request was legally required “last week,” and after the director responded, she surprisedly added, “And your answer is you just understand you’re not going to follow the law?”

“I am following the law, and I’m working with my interagency partners to do this and get you the budget that you are required to have,” Patel explained. Then the discussion went from bad to worse, culminating in Senator Murray calling Patel’s preparation for the budget hearing, without a budget, “insufficient and deeply disturbing.”

Doh!

‘You Have No Timeline?!’ Senator Gobsmacked by FBI Director Kash Patel Showing Up at Budget Hearing Without a Budget
During a Senate hearing to review the FBI’s FY26 budget, Kash Patel was forced to admit that he had nothing ready to review despite the law requiring it.
‘You Have No Timeline?!’ Senator Gobsmacked by FBI Director Kash Patel Showing Up at Budget Hearing Without a Budget

Daily Mail: Former FBI assistant director makes wild claim about Kash Patel’s party animal persona

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Former assistant director of the FBI, Frank Figliuzzi, levied a wild accusation about Kash Patel, claiming that the current FBI boss spends more time out clubbing than he does at work. 

‘Reportedly, he’s been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building,’ Figliuzzi said on Friday’s episode of MSNBC’s Morning Joe. 

Figliuzzi was the assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI after serving as a special agent for 25 years. 

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Figliuzzi said Patel frequents nightclubs more than he does the seventh floor of the Hoover building, where the FBI offices are located. 

‘And there are reports that daily briefings to him have been changed from every day to maybe twice weekly,’ he added. 

Figliuzzi explained that Patel’s absence is a ‘blessing and a curse,’ due to his lack of experience in the field.  

Former FBI director accuses Kash Patel of party animal lifestyle
Former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi made a wild claim about where Kash Patel goes instead of the office.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14675615/former-fbi-director-wild-claim-kash-patel-party-nightclub.html

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Kash Patel Spotted in Nightclubs More Than at Work, Former FBI Director Says
A former FBI boss has claimed that the bureau’s director Kash Patel has been spotted in nightclubs more regularly than he has been seen at work. Former counter-intelligence official Frank Figliuzzi said on Morning Joe Friday that President Donald Trump’s man is a bit of an anomaly in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. He has however been spotted elsewhere, according to Figliuzzi, who was appointed as assistant director of the FBI’s…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kash-patel-spotted-in-nightclubs-more-than-at-work-former-fbi-director-says/ar-AA1E4mMK

Associated Press: FBI reassigns agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

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The photographs at issue showed a group of agents taking a knee during one of the demonstrations following the May 2020 killing of Floyd, a death that sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of his arrest and led to a national reckoning over policing and racial injustice.

The kneeling angered some in the FBI but was also understood as a possible de-escalation tactic during a period of widespread protests, and the agents were not punished at the time.

Patel pledged at his January confirmation hearing that he would not “go backwards” in seeking retribution against perceived adversaries of the Trump administration. But even before he was sworn in, there was concern that the Justice Department was poised to do exactly that, including by demanding a list of the thousands of agents who worked on investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, a request seen by some as a possible precursor to a purge at the bureau.

FBI reassigns agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has reassigned several 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.

https://apnews.com/article/fbi-george-floyd-kash-patel-c59a8d2e055dadea1adf5187f7ee3620