Kash Patel Is a Warning Shot

The New York Times ^ | Feb. 2, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET | David French

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Two F.B.I. agents are at the door. Their faces are grim.

You invite them in, and because you work for the Pennsylvania secretary of state, you realize why they’re there. The agents explain that they “just have a few questions” about the 2020 election.

Puzzled, you agree to talk. The agents pull binders out of their bags and begin grilling you. They want to know, with precision, where you were and what you did, beginning the moment the polls closed on Nov. 3, 2020.

The conversation is difficult. They press you on the details, but your memory of those weeks isn’t as good as it once was. They catch you in a contradiction and your heart starts to beat faster.

Wait, you think. Will they think I just lied? Isn’t it a crime to lie to the FBI?

The agents start to press you even harder. Every part of you is aware of the danger. You realize you need a lawyer, but you’re a normal, middle-class American. You don’t have a legal team at the ready.

But you haven’t done anything wrong. All you did was help monitor and oversee the vote count. So you try to reset the conversation. You take a deep breath and slowly describe the process, as best you remember it.

After they leave, you walk through the conversation again. You realize they were trying to pin down that, yes, you had a role in counting votes. They were very intent on establishing that you did help finalize the Pennsylvania vote tallies.

Late that night, after you’ve run the conversation through your mind again and again, a realization jolts you awake.

You’re going to be prosecuted for crimes you did not commit.

There’s a challenge in writing about the absurdity of nominating Kash Patel as F.B.I. director. There are so many...

[Flaming Conservative]

Idiots. That’s exactly what they did to J6ers. Are they that unaware that they don’t see it?

[ViLaLuz]

Did Peter Schiff-for-brains write that story?

[FlipWilson]

Shows the leftist mindset to a tee. They are, in their minds, what is. They are legal, all else is illegal.

Thus, when they employ lawfare against you, it’s justified. When you can do the same to them? It’s immoral and just the worst crime ever.

[Farmerbob]

“We have no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing, but the seriousness of the allegations and the weight of circumstantial information compel an effort to establish the facts,” said House Speaker Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.) and Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell (D-Me.) in a joint statement. LA Times article from 1991

[kiryandil]

Not that you’re going to get out of it, but simply NEVER answer the door for a stranger claiming to be a cop, unless you called for them. Likewise, never answer for a stranger period. We have phones now, use them.

Yes, many people still think that you have answer the door and the phone.

No, you don't.

[FLT-bird]

Seeing our enemies squirm like this is glorious.

[_longranger81]

You can always tell what the Marxist Left is up to by what they accuse their enemies of.

[cross_bearer_02]

Their side set the precedent. We’re just returning the favor, is all.

[Betty Jane]

I can’t wait until Marc Elias get his visit from the FBI.

[MNJohnnie]

Funny how Frenchy had no problem with these FBI tactics Biden used them on political opponents

[LizzieD]

Did they cover the part where the “vote counters” corralled all the legal observers on the fringe of the Philadelphia Conventions Center, yards away from the vote counting, where they could observe absolutely nothing? Oh, of course, because of Covid. You did nothing wrong. It was for their safety.

[sauropod]

There’s a challenge writing about the absurdity of David French.

Try not to hurl.

[JeemBeau]

Or Roger Stone, and the amphibious unit that was brought along. Along with the notification and presence of a CNN video crew.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Him too.

[gunnut]

And the FBI does not record interviews. They fill out form 302 after the interview with whatever they remember. No evidence and they charge you with lying to FBI if they don’t like what you said or they want to try to squeeze you into talking about something you don’t want to.

[jmacusa]

You’re 100% right Madam. I recently had a run in with my hospitals HR.

You have to be a real weasel to take a job like that.

[MayflowerMadam]

I was that weasel for about 10 years. ;-( That’s how I realized the truth.

But I infiltrated from the inside to help people one-on-one, usually after hours. It was wrong technically, but right morally.

[packrat35]

Martha Stewart really got a raw deal. Not a fan by any means, but she was railroaded on a stock where she lost money.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Martha's only mistake was talking to the FBI.

Never Talk to the Police

[packrat35]

Yep