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Scandal-Ridden San Francisco FBI Field Office Involved in Pelosi Investigation
American Greatness ^ | 31 Oct, 2022 | Julie Kelly

Posted on 11/01/2022 5:44:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Given the highly partisan nature of the FBI, and the San Francisco field office in particular, there is no reason to believe FBI brass will do anything more than run cover for the Pelosis.

No one should accept at face value the strange account of what happened to Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), at their California home last week.

Plenty of factors—a wholly dishonest news media, unsubstantiated claims the attacker was a foiled assassin who planned to kill the speaker of the House, and Mr. Pelosi’s recent legal troubles, to name a few—feed justified skepticism surrounding the alleged break-in and hammer attack that occurred in the wee hours of October 28. Details continue to change while leading Democrats including Hillary Clinton blame the incident, without evidence, on Republicans and Donald Trump.

This situation is yet another example of how the public’s complete lack of faith in major institutions is fueling doubt and suspicion. Unfortunately, that level of distrust extends to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a once-revered agency that has blown its reputation in service to the Democratic Party. And news that the San Francisco FBI field office is taking a lead role in the Pelosi investigation offers little comfort that the American people will ever find out the truth of the matter.

The San Francisco field office, like the bureau’s Washington, D.C. headquarters and many other offices across the country, is mired in scandal. It’s particularly true as it relates to the FBI’s cozy ties to Big Tech—and the San Francisco FBI office is ground zero for that quid pro quo relationship. Rather than investigate the nearly 300 Big Tech companies within its Silicon Valley jurisdiction for various offenses such as election interference, the San Francisco FBI office appears instead to be in cahoots with these powerful corporate interests to do the Democratic Party’s dirty work.

Few people benefit more than Nancy Pelosi, who of course happens to live in San Francisco. Democratic candidates and lawmakers are flush with campaign donations from Big Tech; in 2020 alone, Facebook and Twitter—the latter located in Pelosi’s congressional district and the former located just outside its boundaries—donated at least $5.5 million to Democrats and only a paltry $435,000 to Republicans, a 12-1 ratio in favor of Pelosi’s party. Conversely, threats made by leading Democrats to break up Big Tech or hold congressional hearings into alleged malfeasance have been slow-walked since Pelosi reclaimed the speaker’s gavel.

Fortunately, a lawsuit recently filed by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt laid bare how this lucrative back-scratching operation works. Elvis Chan, a top cyber FBI agent working in the San Francisco office, was in routine communication with Big Tech giants prior to the 2020 election to warn companies of “foreign disinformation” spread on their platforms—and the discussions just happened to coincide with the release of explosive materials found on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Chan is named as a co-defendant in Schmitt’s sweeping civil suit seeking to hold accountable government officials working behind-the-scenes with Big Tech to censor information considered hostile to the regime.

“Defendant Elvis M. Chan is Supervisory Special Agent of Squad in the San Francisco Division of the FBI.” Schmitt wrote in a recent filing. “On information and belief, he has authority over cybersecurity issues for FBI in that geographical region, which includes the headquarters of major social-media platforms, and he plays a critical role for FBI—in coordinating with social-media platforms relating to censorship and suppression of speech on their platforms. Meta [Facebook’s parent company] has identified Elvis Chan as involved in the communications between the FBI and Meta that led to Facebook’s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story.”

Report Ad Report Ad Chan, for his part, publicly brags about his influence in Silicon Valley, boasting how he “was very involved in helping to protect the U.S. elections in 2020” by communicating “on a weekly basis” with Big Tech titans “That’s where the FBI and the U.S. government can actually help companies,” Chan said during a June 2022 podcast interview.

In other words, Chan is the power couple’s hand holder. (The Department of Justice is fighting a court order for Chan’s deposition on the grounds his involvement in the Hunter Biden laptop suppression effort was misrepresented.) And there is no indication the partnership will end anytime soon. Social media platforms continue to collaborate with the FBI to excavate incriminating evidence from the deleted accounts of January 6 defendants; Facebook is collecting private messages between users expressing “anti-government” or “anti-authority” sentiment—read: conservatives—and turning over those texts to the FBI without a subpoena.

The Intercept reported Monday that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security plan to accelerate its joint effort to censor “misinformation” spread online. Targeted topics include posts critical of COVID vaccines, the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, and support for Ukraine. FBI counterrorism agents are being “reassigned” from critical surveillance of potential threats overseas to spy on American citizens.

“They work on an undercover basis online to penetrate social networking chat rooms, online forums, and blogs to detect, enter, dismantle, and disrupt existing and emerging terrorist organizations via online forums, chat rooms, bulletin boards, blogs, websites, and social networking,” one anonymous FBI agents told The Intercept.

There are other problems at the San Francisco FBI office. In early October, a California jury convicted a former FBI special agent for accepting at least $150,000 in cash and gifts on behalf of a corrupt Armenian businessman with ties to organized crime. Babak Broumand was the head of national security investigations at the San Francisco FBI field office at the time of his arrest in 2018. According to the indictment, “Broumand accepted cash, checks, private jet flights, a Ducati motorcycle, hotel stays, escorts, meals, and other items of value from an organized crime-linked lawyer.”

He was found guilty of four counts including bribery of a public official; Broumand will be sentenced in January and faces up to 45 years in prison.

Which could explain why FBI Director Christopher Wray quietly replaced the head of the San Francisco field office in September. Robert Tripp was just moved from the bureau’s inspection division (the FBI’s version of internal affairs) in Washington to take over the San Francisco operation.

Late Monday afternoon, Tripp and Justice Department officials announced federal charges against the alleged attacker, David DePape, including the attempted kidnapping of Speaker Pelosi—a confusing charge, considering Pelosi wasn’t home and DePape clearly had no physical or mental capacity to do so. It appears more than anything to be political narrative-building by Biden’s Justice Department to bolster the idea that Trump and Republicans inspired another “kidnapping” attempt. The complaint, signed by a special agent assigned to domestic terror investigations in the San Francisco FBI office, also offers a conflicting account as to what happened when officers arrived and an incomplete timeline of events.

Given the highly partisan nature of the FBI, and the San Francisco field office in particular, there is no reason to believe FBI brass will do anything more than run cover for the Pelosis and conceal any damaging or contradictory facts about the confrontation. Prayers for Paul Pelosi are in order as he remains hospitalized for his injuries—a full investigation free from political interference also is in order. It’s unlikely, however, the FBI will proceed accordingly.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: corruption; coverup
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1 posted on 11/01/2022 5:44:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Unless I see it on police bodycam footage, I will assume that anything I hear about this case is probably a leftist coverup.


2 posted on 11/01/2022 5:44:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Felons Burying Information.


3 posted on 11/01/2022 5:48:24 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: MtnClimber

The timing of this weird event is just too much to ignore.

I’m just trying to figure out what the motivation is.......seeking sympathy votes maybe?


4 posted on 11/01/2022 5:50:17 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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5 posted on 11/01/2022 5:52:26 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: V_TWIN

I think this is a loused up cover up of a booty call gone wrong.


6 posted on 11/01/2022 5:52:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: MtnClimber

For those who haven’t seen it, this is the statement made by the DA yesterday.... for what it’s worth, this adds details to what supposedly went on in the house after ‘Dave’ broke in. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6314705165112


7 posted on 11/01/2022 6:01:02 AM PDT by hecticskeptic (The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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“…the public’s complete lack of faith in major institutions is fueling doubt and suspicion.“

SO well-earned.


8 posted on 11/01/2022 6:01:40 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: MtnClimber

I watched the recent presser-

Q: Who opened the door to let the police in?

They said Pelosi was being held and attacked. The “opeend the door” kind of drifted off.

Kind of like the passenger in the car wreck.

Sorry, it doesn’t add up.


9 posted on 11/01/2022 6:01:55 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: V_TWIN
I’m just trying to figure out what the motivation is.......seeking sympathy votes maybe?

Getting rid of a source of embarrassment in a way that's politically helpful.

10 posted on 11/01/2022 6:02:02 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: mewzilla

Thought Homosexuality was to be celebrated.


11 posted on 11/01/2022 6:02:24 AM PDT by bray (The Republic of Texas is available on Barnes and Noble )
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To: MtnClimber

They probably helped, if not directed, setting it up.

WHO started those phony websites on Friday just to have them deleted the very next day?

Why isn’t the DNCMedia wondering about THAT? LOL!


12 posted on 11/01/2022 6:03:50 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: MtnClimber

My favorite sentence in the article is

“Details continue to change while leading Democrats including Hillary Clinton blame the incident, without evidence, on Republicans and Donald Trump”.


13 posted on 11/01/2022 6:04:18 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: MtnClimber
This situation is yet another example of how the public’s complete lack of faith in major institutions is fueling doubt and suspicion

My faith and trust won’t be restored until there is a massive downsizing and refocus on a few priorities by government. I need to see the budget balanced, the debt rolling back, regulations eliminated, law and order restored, blind justice not social justice, fair elections, immigration fixed, border wall built, illegals deported, endless wars stopped, no more being the world’s cop, no more nation building, fair trade and state and federal government out of schools. That doesn’t require a lot of new spending, in fact it would eliminate trillions in spending.

14 posted on 11/01/2022 6:04:40 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: MtnClimber
Unless I see it on police bodycam footage, I will assume that anything I hear about this case is probably a leftist coverup.

Good assumption on your part.

15 posted on 11/01/2022 6:10:12 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: MtnClimber

They are called Henchpersons.


16 posted on 11/01/2022 6:11:41 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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LOL. One can trust the FBI….NOT.


17 posted on 11/01/2022 6:16:47 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: V_TWIN

I wonder that too.

Well, they triggered tons of sympathetic media coverage of this alleged attack, which was allegedly inspired by Trump and Republicans allegedly advocating violence because they are so violent, etc.

Hopefully nobody is shocked and awed and think they need to vote Democrat, because of this crazy incident, to somehow make a political statement in their vote.


18 posted on 11/01/2022 6:21:55 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: V_TWIN
Yes, when this first hit the airwaves, I thought it was probably the Democrats' October Surprise!

It is. Whether or not it was planned to be, they'll use it.

It's impossible to know what's going on, whether it's entirely staged, or whether it's a terrible event which the Democrats are doing their best to turn to their advantage.

But three things are certain:

The Democrats are never truthful.

The Democrats will exploit anything or anyone for their advantage.

The Democrats are utterly corrupt.

19 posted on 11/01/2022 6:31:53 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Americans DESPISE the corrupt elites, their media toadies and their corruption of the US government!)
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I'm not sure how this is a bad thing, if they botch the invest, DePepe will be free to huff his ibogaine and plan his next piece of hemp jewelery. Certainly worse people have been freed under Chelsea Boudin.

Meanwhile we get to punch down on everyone involved.

It's almost as good as when #MeToo fed Leftards into the shredder for months on end.

20 posted on 11/01/2022 6:43:01 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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