{"id":1664094,"date":"2022-09-29T09:40:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T13:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1664094"},"modified":"2022-09-29T09:40:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T13:40:28","slug":"dozens-of-ex-fbi-agents-back-whistleblower-who-accused-agency-of-political-bias-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-ex-fbi-agents-back-whistleblower-who-accused-agency-of-political-bias-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of Ex-FBI Agents Back Whistleblower Who Accused Agency of Political Bias: Report"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdozens-of-ex-fbi-agents-back-whistleblower-who-accused-agency-of-political-bias-report%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=1664094&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>Messages of support from thirty former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a> agents defend suspended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-whistleblower\">whistleblower<\/a> Steve Friend, who alleged political bias at the agency over its handling of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach probe.<\/p>\n<p>Among the former agents expressing support for Friend include a retired deputy assistant director and five former SWAT team members, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/28\/30-ex-fbi-agents-stand-up-to-support-whistleblower-who-exposed-agencys-political-bias\/\">according to the New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Friend alleged in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23010763-steve-friend-declaration\">a declaration made public on Sept. 26<\/a>\u00a0that the FBI has been using heavy-handed tactics with respect to some Jan. 6 Capitol breach suspects, citing a case where a SWAT team was used to make an arrest on misdemeanor charges, which he called \u201cinappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The whistleblower also accused the agency of violating the Justice Department\u2019s guidelines for the FBI\u2019s domestic investigations (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FBI.DIOG_.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) by resorting to \u201catypical\u201d procedures in the handling of Jan. 6 probes.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that the FBI had diminished the role of field offices and field agents in the Jan. 6 investigations by centralizing case management to the FBI\u2019s J6 Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResultantly, there are active criminal investigations of J6 subjects in which I am listed as the \u201cCase Agent,\u201d but have not done any investigative work,\u201d Friend stated.<\/p>\n<p>The whistleblower added that J6 Task Force members are listed as affiants on search and arrest warrant affidavits where he\u2019s listed as a \u201cCase Agent\u201d but never interviewed the subjects or investigated the cases.<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged that the FBI was deprioritizing child sexual abuse investigations in favor of domestic terror probes.<\/p>\n<p>Friend\u2019s lawyer told The Epoch Times in an earlier emailed statement that he is still employed by the FBI but remains suspended without pay.<\/p>\n<p> Messages of Support <\/p>\n<p>Among the former agents providing messages of support to Friend include a retired deputy assistant director and five former SWAT team members, according to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to stop the FBI from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messages of support from thirty former FBI agents defend suspended whistleblower Steve Friend, who alleged political bias at the agency over its handling of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach probe. 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