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.”
Who is Mike Johnson ( R-Ind)?
Typo? Confused with some other states rep?
Like rats from a sinking ship. Shortest rope, highest yardarm.
“about ‘alleged’ politicization at the FBI,”
Even the Epoch Times is getting squishy? “Alleged.”. Sheesh.
Isn’t that guy in the middle a little short to be a stormtooper...?
My guess is the accountant. The other four are taking a break from their busy schedule of parading as Patriot Frontists.
He's the dude they send into crawl spaces or sewer pipes....
Too bad. The FIB has been corrupted beyond repair. It must be disbanded.
That’s Mark Zuckerberg.
I think it’s a female.
Another agency becomes a member of the club?.
talk is cheap morons... lets see some actions directed by how you feel before you get anyone to even look your way twice...
The accountant..lol!
Sorry. Not buying that narrative. Every single person that works for the FBI should be tied up and dragged down the street behind a pickup truck. At this point, anyone who still works for the FBI is a faggot who is dumb enough to think that because he's unquestionably doing the bidding of TPTB, that he'll be eaten last. There are NO exceptions. If you work for the FBI, you are lying pedophile scum.
I would suspect he is right. It appears the Mar-A-Lago raid was done by a “special” unit out of Washington DC. I assume the FBI office did not trust their people in Florida to do the raid.
The ‘special unit’ in Washington is the CI unit. This unit and supporting analysts were ground zero of the Russia hoax. Another feature in regard to this unit is because was originally set up to fight the GRU\KGB, (other foreign espionage actors) it reports directly to the top & this is key, does not have to meet the same “show cause” standards the ‘normal’ field offices have to meet.
Either you are part of the solution or you are part of the problem.
The claim of just following orders (the Nuremberg Defense) should not provide these agents safe harbor.
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