Posted on 12/04/2018 4:50:46 PM PST by roses of sharon
WASHINGTON—A top FBI official who helped oversee two politically sensitive investigations related to the 2016 presidential campaign is retiring from government service.
Bill Priestap, who currently serves as assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s counterintelligence division, will leave his post by the end of the year. Mr. Priestap, a 20-year veteran of the bureau, worked on organized crime and drug cases in Chicago before rising through the national security ranks of the agency after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Mr. Priestap’s retirement is unrelated to the controversies over the handling of the 2016 investigations, according to a person familiar with the matter. He “became eligible to retire and has chosen to do so after 20 years of service,” the FBI said in a statement.
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The fey Wray needs to go too.
knee deep in deep state
He’s getting out while he can.
In comparison, our government makes the Jerry Springer Show seem like a solemn church sermon.
Mr. Priestap, a 20-year veteran of the bureau, worked on organized crime and drug cases in Chicago before rising through the national security ranks of the agency after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Today is 2018 and Billy P. started in 2001. That's a 20-year career and he zooms to the top. My guess is the father-in-law helped him advance. /cynic here
The hell it isn't.
Who is his father in law and isn’t 2018-2001 17 years?
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This is normal Deep State Turnover.
Bruce Ohr still works at the DoJ!
Sessions and Rosenstein protected all the crooks.
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I thought he was the ONE who was going to flip and help incarcerate the whole lot of the deep state.
” That’s a 20-year career and he zooms to the top.”
I was in the Navy and the phrase that comes to my mind is “rats departing a sinking ship.”
“After Mr. Priestap’s departure, none of the high-ranking bureau officials involved in the two investigations will remain with the bureau.”
I understand that there was a list of names provided in the article. Can someone post it here or ping me?
ThankQ
Sorry, this WSJ was behind a paywall. I don’t have the names, but will look around.
Yes. That was why I asked. I don’t subscribe for toilet paper. I get it at the store.
Thank you, roses.
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