{"id":1500133,"date":"2022-06-01T16:15:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500133"},"modified":"2022-06-01T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:16:10","slug":"chuck-grassley-warns-of-grave-risk-after-top-fbi-investigator-makes-anti-gop-social-media-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-grassley-warns-of-grave-risk-after-top-fbi-investigator-makes-anti-gop-social-media-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Grassley Warns Of \u2018Grave Risk\u2019 After Top FBI Investigator Makes Anti-GOP Social Media Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchuck-grassley-warns-of-grave-risk-after-top-fbi-investigator-makes-anti-gop-social-media-posts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) raised concerns with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI on Tuesday over the social media activity of a top FBI investigator and his apparent \u201cpolitical bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grassley laid out his concerns in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/news-releases\/grassley-raises-concern-about-apparent-political-bias-by-senior-fbi-public-integrity-official\">letters<\/a> to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz. The letters included examples of posts from the FBI agent\u2019s now inaccessible LinkedIn and Twitter profiles.<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Thibault, an assistant special agent in charge (ASAC) at the FBI\u2019s Washington Field Office, has posted and \u201cliked\u201d a number of posts across his social media platforms that are critical of Republicans, including former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Thibault \u201clikely violated several federal regulations and Department guidelines designed to prevent political bias from infecting FBI matters, including the Attorney General Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations and FBI social media policies,\u201d Grassley said. \u201cASAC Thibault has demonstrated a pattern of active public partisanship, such as using his official title for public partisan posts relating to his superiors and matters under the FBI\u2019s purview, that is likely a violation of his ethical obligations as an FBI employee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grassley wrote that Thibault\u2019s actions \u201cpresent a grave risk\u201d of politicizing the FBI\u2019s work, especially any investigation that Thibault is a part of leading. Thibault\u2019s social media posts \u201cdemonstrate a pattern of improper commentary related to, for example, ongoing FBI investigations including those under his purview,\u201d Grassley said.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley\u2019s letter detailed Thibault\u2019s biased social media activity. On LinkedIn, the special agent \u201cliked\u201d a post linking a Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/02\/12\/trumps-damage-justice-department-will-outlast-his-presidency\/\">article<\/a> claiming \u201cthe damage [Trump] has done to the Justice Department will endure \u2014 and may be irreparable.\u201d The column, titled \u201cThe Justice Department confirms things are even worse than we feared,\u201d criticized former Attorney General Bill Barr\u2019s decision to intervene in federal prosecutors\u2019 recommended sentence against GOP operative Roger Stone.<\/p>\n<p>Thibault posted another WaPo opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/09\/03\/why-michael-flynn-case-still-matters\/\">piece<\/a> holding up the DOJ\u2019s decision to drop the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn as one of the \u201cTrump administration\u2019s abuses of the justice system.\u201d Thibault also \u201cliked\u201d a WaPo opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/09\/17\/william-barr-has-gone-rogue\/\">piece<\/a> titled: \u201cWilliam Barr has gone rogue.\u201d The article repeatedly criticizes Barr\u2019s handling of cases against Trump allies Flynn and GOP operative Roger Stone.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, Thibault boosted anti-Trump content and made mocking and critical comments of other Republicans and the Catholic Church. Thibault <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectLincoln\/status\/1285609470056378368\">retweeted<\/a> a Lincoln Project tweet captioned, \u201cDonald Trump is a psychologically broken, embittered, and deeply unhappy man.\u201d The Lincoln Project is a group formed by anti-Trump GOP operatives to boost challengers to Trump and his agenda. The tweet included a link to an article in The Atlantic titled: \u201cDonald Trump Is a Broken Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thibault also mocked Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and former Vice President Dick Cheney. After Tuberville won election to be Alabama\u2019s U.S. senator, Thibault responded to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_thibault\/status\/1327326175245504512\">tweet<\/a> from Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson mocking Tuberville and the states of Alabama and Mississippi. Thibault said, \u201cThank God for Mississippi \u2014 state motto of Alabama,\u201d according to Grassley. The phrase \u201cthank God for Mississippi\u201d is typically used in the south to \u201cthank\u201d Mississippi for its place at the bottom of a ranking of states, saving others across the south from being the worst.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) posted a photo of her father on Twitter captioned \u201cDick Cheney says WEAR A MASK.\u201d Thibault <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200627025817\/https:\/twitter.com\/tim_thibault\/status\/1276710387975684096\">responded<\/a> to the post, commenting, \u201cYour dad was a disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-390048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot\/Internet Archive<\/p>\n<p>On December 18, 2019, Thibault <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191218205151\/https:\/twitter.com\/tim_thibault\/status\/1207401277824610309\">responded<\/a> to a tweet from a Catholic priest, Frank Pavone, which said \u201c#abortion destroys everything it touches.\u201d Pavone also claimed Democrats\u2019 attacks against Trump are \u201cin no small part their reaction to his heroic push against the abortion industry.\u201d Thibault responded to Pavone\u2019s tweet saying \u201cfocus on the pedophiles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In April, Thibault tweeted \u201cCan we give Kentucky to the Russian Federation?\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/grassley-raises-alarm-over-partisan-social-media-posts-linked-to-fbi-official\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>. The leading Republican in the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, represents Kentucky. The state\u2019s other senator is Republican Sen. Rand Paul.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to The Daily Wire\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) raised concerns with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI on Tuesday over the social media activity of a top FBI investigator and his apparent \u201cpolitical bias.\u201d Grassley laid out his concerns in letters to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz. 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