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FBI hero paying the price for exposing unjust ‘persecution’ of conservative Americans
New York Post ^ | September 21, 2022 | MIRANDA DEVINE

Posted on 09/22/2022 7:53:07 AM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker

Bombshell allegations by FBI Special Agent Steve Friend contained in a whistleblower complaint filed late Wednesday with the Department of Justice inspector general reveal a politicized Washington, DC, FBI field office cooking the books to exaggerate the threat of domestic terrorism, and ­using an “overzealous” January 6 ­investigation to harass conservative Americans and violate their constitutional rights.

Friend, 37, a respected 12-year veteran of the FBI and a SWAT team member, was suspended Monday, stripped of his gun and badge, and escorted out of the FBI field office in Daytona Beach, Fla., after complaining to his supervisors about the violations.

He was declared absent without leave last month for refusing to participate in SWAT raids that he believed violated FBI policy and were a use of excessive force against Jan. 6 ­subjects accused of misdemeanor ­offenses.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrestgarland; arrestwray; dojabuse; fbi; stevefriend; whistleblower
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1 posted on 09/22/2022 7:53:07 AM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker
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2 posted on 09/22/2022 7:55:59 AM PDT by deport
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Good thing whistle blower protections are in place huh? Most of us know how that actually works out.


3 posted on 09/22/2022 8:05:39 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

Yep...

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4095231/posts


4 posted on 09/22/2022 8:05:48 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

Reminds me of the recently released book, The Thin Blue Lie by Greg Dillon.

Dillon was an FBI agent stationed in Connecticut, on their federal fugitive task force. He became aware that the affidavits he was writing out were being re-written by someone else, including with false information. He had some of his fellow agents check out their affidavits and discovered that it was happening to their affidavits as well.

He made official complaints through proper channels about it only to find himself punished by his supervisors in a variety of ways, transfered to an office that was considered “Siberia”, having his task force shrunk down until there was only him on it and then the task force would be shut down, being passed over for promotions that would be given to other practically brand new agents who served less time in the FBI and less experienced in the job than him, etc.

He sued and won a multi million dollar judgement against the FBI. After his court win, he still continued working for the FBI. But found himself still getting the “whistle-blower treatment” by his superiors. So he sued again and won again.

Apparently the FBI hasn’t learned its lesson and continues their revenge behavior against whistleblowers.


5 posted on 09/22/2022 8:08:52 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

We found him. We found the good FBI agent everybody is always talking about.


6 posted on 09/22/2022 8:09:07 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

We’ve been down the IG yellow brick road before. This, as all the previous IG reports, will be a DS whitewash.


7 posted on 09/22/2022 8:13:57 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Jeff Chandler

“We found him....”

Must be the guy Hannity always references.


8 posted on 09/22/2022 8:15:59 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.)
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To: GOPJ; poconopundit; Jane Long; Diana in Wisconsin; Grampa Dave; Godzilla; null and void; aragorn; ..

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9 posted on 09/22/2022 8:20:36 AM PDT by Liz (MAN PROPOSES.......... DISPOSES.)
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To: lowbridge

What’s good about this story is it names names. Wray is just a flak catcher. The Deep State enforcers and are on the lower tiers and they crave anonymity. Looks like that is gone now.


10 posted on 09/22/2022 8:25:56 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: hardspunned
An extreme slow motion whitewash.
11 posted on 09/22/2022 8:27:14 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: HippyLoggerBiker
Bombshell allegations by FBI Special Agent Steve Friend ... reveal a politicized Washington, DC, FBI field office cooking the books to exaggerate the threat of domestic terrorism, and ­using an “overzealous” January 6 ­investigation to harass conservative Americans and violate their constitutional rights. (underline emphasis added)

Actual quotes from RINO Dick Cheney:

RINO Dick Cheney: "In our nation’s 236-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump." (emphasis added)

Also RINO Dick Cheney: "He [President Trump] tried to steal the last election using lies ..." (emphasis added)

Even more from RINO Dick Cheney: "He [President Trump] is a coward. A real man wouldn’t lie to his supporters. He lost his election, and he lost big. I know it, he knows it, and ... most Republicans know it."

Oh, I see, it wasn't the desperate Democrats/RINOs who stole the 2020 election, it was actually "Donald Trump" who "tried to steal the last election."

It's always best to let the desperate Democrats/RINOs keep yapping .....

And as usual, another loudmouthed desperate Democrat/RINO, with his own words, supports my long-held view: Democrats/RINOs perpetrate something terrible against America, and then try to blame Republicans/conservatives for what the guilty Democrats/RINOs themselves have already perpetrated against the United States.

12 posted on 09/22/2022 8:31:49 AM PDT by gw-ington (My Preferred Pronouns: senile, sleepy, puppet, laughing, hyena, stolen, election.)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

If constitutional rights were a tree it would look like one limb at a time had been hacked off until only a stump remained.

Amazing what 81.000.000 votes can do


13 posted on 09/22/2022 8:34:41 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

Mess with the domestic SS and they’ll slam your behind in jail nine ways from Sunday.


14 posted on 09/22/2022 8:43:46 AM PDT by I want the USA back (I hate the media. )
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

WOW! One Eff Bee Eye agent who is a legit hero.
Take that, Sean Hannity!!


15 posted on 09/22/2022 9:00:48 AM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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RINO Dick Cheney: "He [President Trump] is a coward. A real man wouldn’t lie to his supporters. He lost his election, and he lost big. I know it, he knows it, and ... most Republicans know it."

Let's zero on in this one particular intentionally false accusation by RINO Dick Cheney. Here, RINO Dick Cheney falsely claims that President Trump "lost big" to RINO Dick Cheney's favorite senile Sleepy Joe puppet in 2020. "Lost big?" Um, everyone with common sense knows the 2020 election was stolen. Even given the reality of the Democrats/RINOs' election steal, President Trump still almost won a number of key swing states that would have flipped the election to President Trump -- all those states were VERY close.

So, dishonest RINO Dick Cheney, stop spreading your Big Lie.

If the desperate Democrats/RINOs had neither stolen the election nor even tried to steal it, the hugely successful & hugely popular President Trump easily would still be the President. But given the Democrats/RINOs' obvious steal of the 2020 election, the very terms "win," "lose," "won", and "lost" have lost all meaning in America. That's what happens when you steal an election. Nice job, desperate Democrats/RINOs for destroying American democracy. (But I'm optimistic it can still one day be restored by true Republicans, libertarians, and conservatives.)

And again, if there's still anyone out there crazy enough to think the 2020 election was "the fairest and most secure election in American history," then I ask these three questions:

  1. Were the nationwide, coordinated, violent Black Lives Matter/Antifa wild thug mob riots throughout the 2020 election year good or bad for President Trump's reelection chances?
  2. Were the nationwide, coordinated, violent Black Lives Matter/Antifa wild thug mob riots throughout the 2020 election year good or bad for the senile Sleepy Joe puppet handlers' election chances?
  3. And who exactly do you think planned & coordinated those nationwide, coordinated, violent Black Lives Matter/Antifa wild thug mob riots throughout the 2020 election year that just so happened to basically and very suspiciously end right after the election?

And that's only ONE component of the desperate Democrats/RINOs' all-encompassing 2020 Election Steal strategy. The Democrats/RINOs' Election Steal is comprised of FAR more than just its nationwide violent BLM/Antifa wild thug mob riots throughout most of the 2020 Election Year. Obviously, the desperate Democrats/RINOs weren't messing around.

Now, unlike all miseducated, close-minded Democrats/RINOs, I always keep an open mind. If I got any of that wrong, please point out exactly what I got wrong about the 2020 election steal. Thanks!

16 posted on 09/22/2022 9:09:37 AM PDT by gw-ington (My Preferred Pronouns: senile, sleepy, puppet, laughing, hyena, stolen, election.)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker; paltz

Just heard this morning on David Webb’s show about a former FBI Special Agent and lawyer who is defending the whistleblowers.

What happened to the SA in the article appears to be quite common.

Scrap the FBI. It’s time.


17 posted on 09/22/2022 9:15:46 AM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

Remember Vindeman? Not all whistleblowers are created equal.


18 posted on 09/22/2022 9:25:35 AM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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To: rktman

Yeah remember way back in history when they were lauded as heroes? Way way back about 3 years ago.


19 posted on 09/22/2022 9:52:34 AM PDT by pas
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To: HippyLoggerBiker; Liz

FBI Special Agent Steve Friend a man in the style and dignity of an Eliot Ness...


20 posted on 09/22/2022 10:26:38 AM PDT by GOPJ (STOP PROCESSING ILLEGALS. Democrats will use that act as 'documentation'. Just let 'em in...)
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