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FBI folds the public corruption squad that aided Jack Smith's Trump investigations
NBC News ^ | May 15, 2025, 2:11 PM EDT | Ryan J. Reilly

Posted on 05/21/2025 1:37:49 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The FBI’s Washington Field Office is folding its federal public corruption squad, the same unit that aided Jack Smith’s special counsel investigation into President Donald Trump, three people familiar with the matter tell NBC News.

The field office has three units that work on public corruption issues, but this one — known internally as “CR15” — was deeply involved in the bureau’s “Arctic Frost” investigation, which was the precursor to the Smith probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results by Trump and his allies. That investigation resulted in one of the two federal criminal cases against Trump, both of which were dropped after his election.

FBI special agents assigned to the squad will be reassigned. A FBI official said the change was part of a broader reorganization at the Washington Field Office and that there would be additional changes to come — and that public corruption cases would still be pursued.

The move to shutter the unit comes amid a major shift of FBI resources towards immigration enforcement, an area that is primarily the responsibility of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. A top leader in the FBI’s Washington Field Office was also recently reassigned, two people familiar with the matter said. A FBI official said the person was not reassigned for any adversarial reason. …

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: fbi; fib; jacksmith; smith

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From the 15th. Did not see it covered in any other thread, so JFTR.
1 posted on 05/21/2025 1:37:49 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

“NO adversarial reason?”


2 posted on 05/21/2025 2:28:22 AM PDT by Does so ("The guilty flee when no man pursueth"....🇺🇦...Dem☭¢ruauat... ∅ one ™ ¿ ¡ ☞≣ ½¼)
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To: Olog-hai

well with and FBI that doesnt incarcerate for any real crimes, ya dont need a lot of departments...


3 posted on 05/21/2025 2:34:14 AM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

When are FBI going to be prosecuted for treason?


4 posted on 05/21/2025 2:49:28 AM PDT by Herakles (Diversity is applied Marxism )
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To: Olog-hai

The real problem is the courts. Judges went along with this crap. What are we doing to reform the courts?


5 posted on 05/21/2025 2:50:04 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: for-q-clinton

The court system is not going to reform itself, that’s for sure. Who’s going to do it?


6 posted on 05/21/2025 2:55:57 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: virgil
"The court system is not going to reform itself, that’s for sure. Who’s going to do it?"

Per the U. S. Constitution, it's the duty of Congress. See Article 1, Section 8.
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

7 posted on 05/21/2025 3:59:20 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Olog-hai

Play that song Urban Cowboy for all the fib ers on that team and give them a boot and the exit door.


8 posted on 05/21/2025 4:03:14 AM PDT by Recompennation
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To: Dalberg-Acton; virgil

> Per the U. S. Constitution, it’s the duty of Congress. <

Yep. The first two years of Trump’s first presidency was a golden time. The GOP had both Houses of Congress, plus the White House. Yet nothing transformational was done - and that’s 100% on the GOP weaklings in Congress.

Well, by golly we got very lucky. It’s a golden time again. Will this one be different than the last one? Sadly, probably not.


9 posted on 05/21/2025 4:14:42 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

And the problem is that any reform could be used against conservative judges by a future Democrat President. We have to tread very carefully.


10 posted on 05/21/2025 4:43:22 AM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: Olog-hai

Have they announced the promotions yet?


11 posted on 05/21/2025 6:42:56 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: Leaning Right

Well, Paul Ryan isn’t in Congress anymore, so there’s that...


12 posted on 05/21/2025 8:16:50 AM PDT by MRadtke (Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
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To: Herakles

And when are they going to ‘clawback’ Strozak and Pages huge FBI payout for treason and sedition.

We need to start seeing perpwalks and right now. Here’s a suggestion, how about they start with that ridiculous weak and despised cretin James Comey.


13 posted on 05/21/2025 9:23:18 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: Olog-hai

“FBI special agents assigned to the squad will be reassigned.”

That’s helpful. 🙄😡


14 posted on 05/21/2025 9:24:27 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Leaning Right

Those were no “weaklings” but leftists who were angry at being exposed.


15 posted on 05/21/2025 9:45:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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