FBI hero paying the price for exposing unjust ‘persecution’ of conservative Americans
Bombshell allegations by FBI Special Agent Steve Friend contained in a whistleblower complaint filed late Wednesday with the Department of Justice inspector general reveal a politicized Washington, DC, FBI field office cooking the books to exaggerate the threat of domestic terrorism, and using an “overzealous” January 6 investigation to harass conservative Americans and violate their constitutional rights.
Friend, 37, a respected 12-year veteran of the FBI and a SWAT team member, was suspended Monday, stripped of his gun and badge, and escorted out of the FBI field office in Daytona Beach, Fla., after complaining to his supervisors about the violations.
He was declared absent without leave last month for refusing to participate in SWAT raids that he believed violated FBI policy and were a use of excessive force against Jan. 6 subjects accused of misdemeanor offenses.
This American hero, the father of two small children, has blown up his “dream career” because he could not live with his conscience if he continued to be part of what he sees as the unjust persecution of conservative Americans.
“I have an oath to uphold the Constitution,” he told supervisors when he asserted his conscientious objection to joining an Aug. 24 raid on a J6 subject in the Jacksonville, Fla., area. “I have a moral objection and want to be considered a conscientious objector.”
Friend, who did not vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election, said he told his immediate boss twice that he believed the raid, and the investigative process leading up to it, violated FBI policy and the subject’s right under the Sixth Amendment to a fair trial and Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment.
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Just heard Dan Bongino interviewing FBI agent/Whistleblower Kyle Seraphin on his radio program. It’s chilling what is going on at the Federal level of law enforcement, harkens back in time to the gestapo to the KGB…utterly chilling and despicable.
I read the article and it was well written and Mr. Friend should be commended. As for what the article terms “many” rank & file agents close to retirement not speaking up to save their pensions I say suck it up buttercup! Don’t be a bunch of pansy’s! Many people including myself risked our career to not take the jab and many lost theirs. The old “just following orders” BS doesn’t cut it.
Damn right. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow these fools sold their souls for is gone. Jim Sinclair aka Mr Gold was asked what was his retirement plan? His reply – ‘A body bag”. Pussy and pensions did more to deball the west than anything else.