Posted on 09/25/2022 8:54:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An FBI whistleblower recently came forward and issued warnings about alleged politicization at the FBI, saying that the bureau is spying on law-abiding Americans and that many of its domestic counterterrorism cases are tantamount to “entrapment.”
Kyle Seraphin, who has spent six years in the FBI, was suspended without pay and cannot seek another job without quitting or asking for permission. It’s not clear when he was suspended, but he said that he had run-ins with his managers about his refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine although he was granted a religious exemption.
“The number of guys who say, ‘I don’t agree with what’s going on here, but I’ve got three years to retire,’ it’s heartbreaking,” he told podcast host Dan Bongino.
In one instance, Seraphin said he was forced to blow the whistle last year when Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that the Department of Justice was not targeting parents. He gave to a member of Congress an email that was circulated in the FBI, which said that Garland ordered the usage of the controversial PATRIOT Act to target parents with a tag, “EDUOFFICIALS.”
At the time, in May 2022, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Johnson (R-Ind.) alleged that the investigations involved parents who were “upset about mask mandates and state elected officials who publicly voiced opposition to vaccine mandates,” accusing Garland of making false statements to Congress.
“That’s when you become part of political hatchet jobs, and I didn’t sign up for that, and nobody I know signed up for that either,” Seraphin told Bongino. “That’s not what people want to get involved in.”
In an interview with the Washington Times last week, he said the bureau’s investigations into domestic violent extremism, white nationalists, and right-wing extremists are mostly entrapment operations with questionable moral and ethical underpinnings.
“My team was deployed to 20 or 25 different high profile, national terrorism organization or terrorism investigations between 2018 and 2021. And what I saw, as the most obvious statement, is that there are three things about counterterrorism investigations,” he said.
Seraphin stated: “Number one, the demand for white supremacy vastly outstrips the supply of white supremacy.”
“Number two,” he added, “the FBI‘s playbook when it comes to counterterrorism investigations is always and unequivocally morally equivalent to entrapment, even if there’s a legal definition that allows them to skirt that.”
As for No. 3, Seraphin added to the Washington Times that the FBI doesn’t have an objective metric on how they prioritize cases.
“There’s an entirely ridiculous internal process for determining every single national priority,” the whistleblower said.
The Epoch Times has contacted the FBI for comment. A bureau spokesperson told the paper that his claims about entrapment lacked merit.
“This comment is inaccurate and represents a clear misunderstanding of the policy and practice in FBI investigations,” the FBI said in a statement to the outlet.
Attorney General Merrick Garland (L) and FBI Director Christopher Wray hold a press conference in Washington on Nov. 8, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
In the Bongino interview, Seraphin suggested that more FBI employees will come forward in the future, according to him, due to the bureau’s now-partisan nature.
At least 14 FBI whistleblowers have come forward in recent months to provide information about recent actions inside the bureau, said Jordan, on the FBI’s investigations into the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, parents at school board meetings, and Hunter Biden’s laptop.
At one point during the interview, Seraphin also touched on the Aug. 8 raid targeting former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Trump has often said that the search was political in nature and meant to harm his 2024 chances.
“You ask me to go raid President Obama’s house, you ask me to raid President Bush’s house, it’s not happening,” he continued. “It’s not happening. I’m sorry, it’s not happening. I’m not doing that. I’m going to be, probably pretty vocal. That’s probably going to be my last day.”
I’d resign in a heartbeat. Self-respect is far more important than a paycheck & pension.
Yup. All this means is that many agents are willing to overlook certain “ethical dilemmas’ for a paycheck.
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I know from reading the testimony in the Sussmann trial they had quite a few agents volunteering to Investigate Trump. I don’t know why they’re happy with people motivated to get him being on the Investigations, but they had an outpouring.
I think the DoJ donates 97% to Democrats.
People from Chicago, NY, KC came to DC to be in on the Get Trump Op.
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Everyone who joins these evil institutions joins their souls to destruction, no matter whether their personal task is innocent or not.
Those within these institutions should leave them and expose them, as a matter of greater moral good.
Life in prison is better than a single instant in hell. Prison is a terrible thing but it does not mark the soul for eternity.
Oh-so-many don’t agree with the rabid and disgusting politicization of the FBI - but no one is doing anything about it.
cowards
Well fairness and balance would suggest downsizing the 97% to 3%
Yesterday an NFL game in Seattle was delayed for 10 minutes as an unknown drone flew overhead. In Ukraine off the shelf drones available in retail stores are being used effectively as “suicide drones” in that war. Imagine that terrorists and sleeper cells in this country have taken notice. Wonder if the FBI, besides arresting pro life activists and hunting for elusive white supremacists, has paid any attention.
For all the opposition, the FBI never lacks the manpower to send 30 thugs to dozens of homes every week.
Re; The above photo showing FBI Agents walking forward;
Who’s the little guy with the white lettered intitials FBI?
I guess there is no height or weight minimum at all these days. Barney Fife visits Land of the Giants.
Yeah. Sure. Zero is a number too.
I see. It's ok to destroy people's lives completely since you've only got three years left to retire.
That’s Wray under the mask? How can you be sure?
“At least 14 FBI whistleblowers have come forward in recent months “
-— I know it is not many people, but something awful is happening in the DOJ to make that many people come forward. Hopefully, more will appear soon.
In my opinion ONLY STREET THUGS AND CRIMINALS WEAR MASKS WHEN WALKING DOWN THE STREET!!!!
In my opinion ONLY STREET THUGS AND CRIMINALS WEAR MASKS WHEN WALKING DOWN THE STREET!!!!
Who is Ray Epps and How many Government agencies and people infiltrated jan 6 protest?
Someone ASK THOSE questions.
Let’s hope that new FBI whistleblowers emerge in the last week/first few days of October! Surprise!!!
Is that so many are walking away from the FBI and coming out of the closet to spill the beans on their corrupt leadership?
Oh Wait!
That only happened in Sean Hannity’s mind.
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