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2022-08-31 Government Corruption
FBI special agent who opened Trump investigation reportedly escorted out of Bureau
[JustTheNews] Former FBI
...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time...
 Washington Field Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge Tim Thibault was reportedly escorted out of the bureau on Friday, amid whistleblower allegations that he showed political bias in his handling of politically sensitive investigations.

The Washington Times reported eyewitness accounts that "Mr. Thibault was seen exiting the bureau’s elevator last Friday escorted by two or three 'headquarters-looking types.'" The article appears to have been updated and now states that Thibault "abruptly resigned" but that he was "forced to leave his post" and cites two unnamed former FBI officials.

Just the News was unable to independently confirm the Times' report.

Whistleblowers alleged that Thibault concealed the partisan nature of evidence from FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland
...Attorney General of the U.S., who classifies indignant parents as domestic terrorists. The is the respected legal scholar Obama nominated for the Supreme Court...
 to secure their approval to open an investigation into former President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
 in 2020 unrelated to the raid, according to information made public by Sen. Charles Grassley.

Those whistleblower allegations have raised questions about the bureau as it also deals with the fallout of the raid on Trump's home earlier this month.

In that matter, the public release of the affidavit that accompanied the search warrant revealed the warrant application relied heavily on information from news articles, including a CBS Miami piece titled "Moving Trucks Spotted At Mar-a-Lago" and a Breitbart News article in which former Trump adviser Kash Patel discussed the classified status of documents the bureau previously removed from the estate on behalf of the National Archives.

Grassley confirmed to Just the News prior to the raid that Thibault had been removed from his post and reassigned to an unspecified position.
Posted by Fred 2022-08-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 He was the sacrificial lamb. Shut down the FBI in DC!
Posted by Glurt Clunk3692 2022-08-31 00:36||   2022-08-31 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Purposefully moved away from the nest.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-31 01:41||   2022-08-31 01:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Look, it should be simple, you see a "man" < not really> wearing his hair like that (he must spend hours figuring out which way his hair should wave) and you will get an idea (this is not a man but a (?) in disguise) -- Look folks, he is warped, unfit for his office, pick on as a kid, WAY OUT OF HIS DEEPTH INTELLECUALLY, a 'loser'. yet, he is the AG of America < really? > Numb wit.
Posted by Oscar B. Hayes9704 2022-08-31 01:59||   2022-08-31 01:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah, like that slimy douche bag Garland would have done something.
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-08-31 02:08||   2022-08-31 02:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Escorted out of the building and right into the CNN news van.
Posted by Airandee 2022-08-31 07:22||   2022-08-31 07:22|| Front Page Top

#6 FBI covering its tracks.
Posted by 49 Pan 2022-08-31 08:44||   2022-08-31 08:44|| Front Page Top

#7  (he must spend hours figuring out which way his hair should wave)

I suspect the gentleman in question spends a good deal more than average on his very talented hair stylist every few weeks to achieve that effortlessly simple look. But at his salary level, he can afford it.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-31 09:06||   2022-08-31 09:06|| Front Page Top

#8 FBI staff have 'lost confidence' in Director Christopher Wray and are calling for him to step down, says lawyer, one day after it emerged 'politically biased' agent who protected Hunter Biden had left the bureau
Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-31 11:33||   2022-08-31 11:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Get ticker tape and a band?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-08-31 11:35||   2022-08-31 11:35|| Front Page Top

#10 I suspect the gentleman in question spends a good deal more than average on his very talented hair stylist every few weeks to achieve that effortlessly simple look.

But he still looks like a weasel.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-08-31 11:54||   2022-08-31 11:54|| Front Page Top

#11 Lawyered up.



Ex-FBI Agent Thibault Retains Legal Counsel, Denies Some Allegations Against Him
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-08-31 11:57||   2022-08-31 11:57|| Front Page Top

#12 Bet he got his head done all through 2020.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-08-31 11:59||   2022-08-31 11:59|| Front Page Top

#13 ^^ If that is his official ef bee eye picture, his driver's license pic must be very bad - he looks like he's been on a two-week booze bender... and hasn't quite sobered up... or goes to the same photographer Hunter Biden uses for his escapades.
Posted by Threck Mussolini3313 2022-08-31 12:07||   2022-08-31 12:07|| Front Page Top

#14 Retires with full pension and benefits so he can plead the 5th... Where have we seen that before lately? Cushy Beltway 'consultancy gig' or a Book Deal in the works?
Posted by magpie 2022-08-31 13:14||   2022-08-31 13:14|| Front Page Top

#15 Perhaps a Netflix gig starring scantily clad children documentary?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-08-31 13:27||   2022-08-31 13:27|| Front Page Top

#16 Ref #14: Exactly correct. SOB signs a stack of Non-Disclosure Statements (NDS), attends a private Hail & Farewell. Then hits the back door to burn off 6 months of accrued full-pay sick leave and vaca.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-31 14:04||   2022-08-31 14:04|| Front Page Top

#17 ......No investigation. No disciplinary action. No suspension of clearance. Starts his own security company and returns to the FBI as a subcontract employee.



Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-31 14:08||   2022-08-31 14:08|| Front Page Top

#18 FBI releases picture of "Top Secret" document covers that they threw across the floor at Donalds home without proving anything was on the covers, during the removal of boxes from a secure area. Throwing document covers on the floor is proper handling of "Evidence" and then leaking an image to the media??? Shitshow.
Posted by Phons Omert2327 2022-08-31 14:15||   2022-08-31 14:15|| Front Page Top

#19 Jan 6: Is Thibault the Scaffold Commander?
Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-08-31 14:23||   2022-08-31 14:23|| Front Page Top

#20 If its the same photo up at Ace's:

-the whole layout looks photoshopped into the room. Lighting and perspective seem to be off, one seems to want to overlap the cardboard banker box.

-the measuring device has 'objects' on top of it, a sloppy no no, you don't put down your scale and then put stuff on top of it.

-photos of the interiors of said Top Secret Documents are reproductions of Top Secret Documents, even if interior is photoshopped out for Twitter Likes the original still exists. Got permission to make copies of Top Secret Documents?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-08-31 14:44||   2022-08-31 14:44|| Front Page Top

#21 FBI--------idio-----------------low IQ--------- (comment but some what redacted)
Posted by Phons Omert2327 2022-08-31 15:54||   2022-08-31 15:54|| Front Page Top

#22 Unsettling to witness a walkout.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-31 15:57||   2022-08-31 15:57|| Front Page Top

#23 The NY Post, among many others, has the FBI photo.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-31 17:00||   2022-08-31 17:00|| Front Page Top

#24 Would be cool if Trump has video of them staging the incident...
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-08-31 18:09||   2022-08-31 18:09|| Front Page Top

#25 Why redact the security classification markings?

Nothing classified about a document's security marking.

Yellow, Blue, or Red protective document covers DO NOT make the document classified.


Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-31 18:12||   2022-08-31 18:12|| Front Page Top

#26 Directed Rep Jim Jordan‘s staff to comment #19 this afternoon to take a look see of the comparison of Thibault to the “Scaffold Commander“ face.
Posted by Sloluse Slutle9788 2022-08-31 21:43||   2022-08-31 21:43|| Front Page Top

#27 Here’s hoping it pans out, Sloluse Slutle9788!
Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-31 21:56||   2022-08-31 21:56|| Front Page Top

#28 #19
Tweet blacked out.
Wonder why?.
Posted by Xyz 2022-08-31 23:27||   2022-08-31 23:27|| Front Page Top

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