The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington on July 21, 2022. (Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times)
Posted on 09/24/2022 4:37:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The FBI responded Tuesday after alleged bureau whistleblowers came forward and accused it of moving agents from child abuse cases to “domestic violent extremist” cases.
The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington on July 21, 2022. (Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times)
On Monday evening, House Judiciary Republicans wrote on Twitter that an unnamed whistleblower came forward and told them that the FBI is moving agents from child sexual abuse cases to pursue investigations relating to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.
The whistleblower, according to Republicans and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), “told that child sexual abuse material investigations were no longer an FBI priority and should be referred to local law enforcement agencies.” Jordan sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking why there is a purported shift in focus from the child abuse cases to Jan. 6.
When contacted by The Epoch Times for comment on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the FBI said that “the FBI is charged with protecting the American people from a wide variety of threats, from terrorism, cyber threats, and violent crime to public corruption, hate crimes, and crimes against children.”
“Our commitment to one does not come at the expense of another,” the spokesperson added, disputing House Republican’s key assertion. “The threat posed by domestic violent extremists is persistent, evolving, and deadly. The FBI’s authority to investigate a case as domestic terrorism requires the existence of a potential criminal federal violation, the unlawful use or threat of force or violence, and ideological motivation of any type.”
The spokesperson added that the bureau does “not investigate ideology” and only “investigates individuals who commit or intend to commit violence and other criminal activity that constitutes a federal crime or poses a threat to national security.”
“We are committed to upholding the constitutional rights of all Americans and will never open an investigation based solely on First Amendment activity,” the FBI said.
The Monday letter from House Republicans alleged that the FBI is breaking its own rules and miscategorizes files to create the impression that domestic violent extremism cases are emerging across the United States.
“New whistleblowers have come forward with concerning information about how the FBI is deliberately manipulating the way case files related to Jan. 6 investigations are maintained in order to create a false and misleading narrative that domestic violent extremism is increasing around the country,” the letter said. “The whistleblower alleged ‘the F.B.I. has not followed regular procedure’ with respect to Jan. 6 cases.”
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Is that the “Would we lie to you?” Defense?
Put them out of business. If you are on a jury and the FBI is involved, vote NOT GUILTY. I don’t care if it’s an Al Qeida frogman caught swimming up the Potomac with a vial of nuclear anthrax...NOT GUILTY.
Bank Robber... NOT GUILTY.
That will get their attention like nothing else.
Do not feed them at you store, speak to them as a witness, invite them to Thanksgiving.
They must be eradicated from our political system.
We know they’re telling the truth because we saw them pursue charges relating to Hillary’s classified emails on her personal server and her destruction of disk drives under a preservation order with the same zealotry as they pursued Trump’s storage of allegedly classified material at his house, etc.
If the FBI says it, then it must be true!
There once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep. To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, “Wolf!
A statement from the misinformation campaign originators.
I wonder if the order to abandon child abuse cases for unknown reasons came from the Big Guy himself.
Lied on FISA affidavits. Lied on applications for safety box searches in LA. USED warrant to take everything from mar a lago except the roof shingles. Ginned up a case against Flynn. Lost the hunter laptop. Yeah we can trust that bunch.
Biden Gets Downright CREEPY During Speech Bongino Report video 0:16
"We go back a long way. She was 12 I was 30, but anyway ..."
“Put them out of business. If you are on a jury and the FBI is involved, vote NOT GUILTY.”
A fine plan.
Add the shunning and you’ve got a winner.
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Unless they mean aunt Tiffa or BLM, could I see a list of these deadly incidents?
This may be the guy Bongino interviewed tonight.
fixed it
From what I’ve heard the FBI has not made a single arrest in all the attacks on pregnancy centers, churches, and other pro-life organizations. I’m doubtful that they’ve even opened any investigations. They haven’t made a single arrest in all the demonstrations at the homes of members of the Supreme Court. How many arrests have they made of those who crossed state lines to engage in the riots in 2020? How many have been arrested for the burning down of two Post Offices in Minneapolis in 2020?
They are too busy staging SWAT raids on people who took selfies in the Capitol, investigating garage door pulls, and the host of hate crime hoaxes.
Not to mention reason arrest of pro-life dad in front of his kids from a lawsuit by pro-abortion walker that was dropped last year but DOJ decided to raid his house few days ago anyways.
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