{"id":2494704,"date":"2025-10-04T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patel-slaps-down-report-that-fbi-banned-perp-walks-a-clown-factory\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T16:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T20:13:57","slug":"patel-slaps-down-report-that-fbi-banned-perp-walks-a-clown-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patel-slaps-down-report-that-fbi-banned-perp-walks-a-clown-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Patel slaps down report that FBI banned &#8216;perp walks&#8217;: &#8216;A** clown factory&#8217;"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fpatel-slaps-down-report-that-fbi-banned-perp-walks-a-clown-factory%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=2494704&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>The article reports on FBI Director Kash Patel&#8217;s strong rejection of claims by a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-leaning news outlet<\/a> that the Department of Justice (DOJ) bans &#8220;perp walks&#8221; &#8211; the practice of deliberately parading arrested individuals in front of media cameras.MSNBC legal analyst Barb McQuade had stated that DOJ policy prohibits such &#8220;perp walks,&#8221; describing them as violations of the fourth Amendment and DOJ rules.patel criticized MSNBC for promoting disinformation, noting that the same outlet had enthusiastically covered &#8220;perp walks&#8221; involving figures like Roger Stone, Peter Navarro, and Steve Bannon. McQuade responded by saying the Trump administration prioritized political vendettas over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/garland-blasts-baseless-attacks-on-doj-absurd-and-dangerous\/\" title=\"Garland condemns &#039;baseless&#039; attacks on DOJ as &#039;absurd and dangerous\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a> integrity<\/a> and maintained that any intentional &#8220;perp walk&#8221; is improper. The article references a 2011 U.S. Marshals Service directive prohibiting DOJ personnel from arranging staged media appearances of arrestees, and also a 2000 court ruling deeming such practices violations of constitutional rights.The FBI and DOJ declined too comment on the issue. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Patel slaps down report that FBI banned &lsquo;perp walks&rsquo;: &lsquo;A** clown factory&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2363989\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/a> Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kash Patel<\/a> slammed a left-leaning news outlet over a report stating that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a> doesn&rsquo;t allow &ldquo;perp walks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC legal analyst Barb McQuade said the Department of Justice policy prohibits the act, which sees those arrested being walked in front of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">news cameras<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3837449\/spokane-conservative-reintroduce-third-time\/\">Third time&#8217;s the charm: Spokane conservatives to reintroduce voters&#8217; camping ban<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3835712\/uk-police-shot-killed-manchester-attack-victim\/\">UK police admit accidentally shooting and killing Manchester synagogue attack victim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3835599\/naked-bike-ride-protest-trump-portland-troop-deployment\/\">&#8216;Emergency&#8217; naked bike ride to protest Trump&#8217;s Portland troop deployment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Patel, however, pointed out that the outlet &ldquo;slobbered all over&rdquo; the &ldquo;perp walks&rdquo; of Roger Stone, Peter Navarro, and Steve Bannon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation. Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon&hellip; MSNBC has no facts and no audience. In this <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@fbi<\/a>, follow the chain of command or get relieved,&rdquo; Patel wrote<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1974475527496052996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> in a post on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McQuade had been responding to an MSNBC report that an FBI agent had been fired for not arresting and &ldquo;perp walking&rdquo; former FBI Director James Comey. She responded to Patel, saying that the Trump administration was more interested in settling scores than in law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Trump administration cares more about settling scores than about effective law-enforcement,&rdquo; she posted on X. &ldquo;Any perp walk, defined as deliberately parading a defendant before the cameras without any legitimate law-enforcement purpose, is a violation of DOJ policy and the fourth amendment. If it happened to Navarro or Stone or anyone else, it was wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She also argued that the arrests of Stone and Bannon did not constitute &ldquo;perp walks&rdquo; and the arrest of Navarro in an airport earned &ldquo;the FBI the wrath of a judge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmarshals.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/document\/united-states-marshals-service-policy-directives-management.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A U.S. Marshals<\/a> directive effective from 2011 says that DOJ policy does not permit &ldquo;perp walks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Departmental policy strictly prohibits the facilitation by DOJ personnel in what is commonly called a &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-sheriff-releases-11-year-olds-mug-shot-after-school-shooting-threat-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Florida sheriff releases 11...year...old\u2019s mug shot after school shooting threat ... Washington Examiner\">perp walk&#038;rsquo<\/a>; by tipping off the media prior to arrests or arranging for an individual in custody to be paraded in front of staged cameras,&rdquo; it says.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear if the policy has changed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3833964\/patel-ends-fbi-partnership-political-front-adl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PATEL ENDS FBI&rsquo;S PARTNERSHIP WITH &lsquo;POLITICAL FRONT&rsquo; ADL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/court\/us-2nd-circuit\/1297682.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A New York court ruled in 2000 <\/a>that staged &ldquo;perp walks&rdquo; violate the arrestee&rsquo;s Fourth Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the FBI and the DOJ for comment, but did not receive a response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patel rejects claim FBI banned &#8216;perp walks&#8217;: calls MSNBC a &#8216;clown factory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2494705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/patel-fbi.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,50645,51054,64598,6317],"class_list":["post-2494704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-fbi-2","tag-patel-2","tag-perp-walks","tag-statement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/patel-fbi.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2494704"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494708,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494704\/revisions\/2494708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2494705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2494704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2494704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2494704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}