https://nypost.com/2022/08/29/fbi-agent-resigns-amid-hunter-biden-probe-scrutiny/
Ex prez says fired agent was behind Mar a Lago raid
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-fbi-truth-social-posts-after-special-agent-leaves-bureau-1738031
Former President Donald
Trump wrote on his Truth Social site, "The fired agent who was just escorted out of the FBI headquarters is the person who got the FBI to do a Raid on a home, Mar-a-Lago, that has 'stirred' the World and created anger and hostility toward the FBI and DOJ [Justice Dept.], the likes of which have perhaps never been seen in our Country before."
Trump added, "The 'Special Agent' In Charge of the unprecedented and unnecessary Raid and Break In of Mar-a-Lago, who concealed the partisan nature of evidence to secure the FBI's approval to open an investigation into the 45th President in the first place, was also involved in the hiding and suppressing from the Public and the Media, the 'Laptop from Hell,' the 2020 Presidential Election Scam, and so much more!"
Officials said the agent had nothing to do with the raid, news accounts say, though the identity of the FBI agent who signed an affidavit concerning the Mar a Lago raid is being concealed by the Justice Department. Presumably Trump would know who signed it.
In any case, as FBI assistant special agent in charge of the Washington field office, Timothy Thibault would very likely have been involved -- if not in an official capacity -- in the dispute over the formerly classified files held at Mar a Lago but which the White House and National Archives claimed are still-classified.
Thibault's partisan bias had been targeted by GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, after whistleblowers identified Thibault as obstructing justice for political reasons. And on Thursday Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., wrote to the Justice Dept.'s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, charging politically motivated "corruption" within the bureau.
It seems plausible that the agent's sudden retirement came about after a political decision by higher level FBI and Justice Dept. officials to do quick political damage containment. The hope would be to limit the matter to one FBI person as a means of deflecting public attention from what Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., identifies as a top-tier "cabal" in the bureau.
Timothy Thibault: Termed part of get-Trump FBI 'cabal'
Trump added, "The 'Special Agent' In Charge of the unprecedented and unnecessary Raid and Break In of Mar-a-Lago, who concealed the partisan nature of evidence to secure the FBI's approval to open an investigation into the 45th President in the first place, was also involved in the hiding and suppressing from the Public and the Media, the 'Laptop from Hell,' the 2020 Presidential Election Scam, and so much more!"
Officials said the agent had nothing to do with the raid, news accounts say, though the identity of the FBI agent who signed an affidavit concerning the Mar a Lago raid is being concealed by the Justice Department. Presumably Trump would know who signed it.
In any case, as FBI assistant special agent in charge of the Washington field office, Timothy Thibault would very likely have been involved -- if not in an official capacity -- in the dispute over the formerly classified files held at Mar a Lago but which the White House and National Archives claimed are still-classified.
Thibault's partisan bias had been targeted by GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, after whistleblowers identified Thibault as obstructing justice for political reasons. And on Thursday Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., wrote to the Justice Dept.'s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, charging politically motivated "corruption" within the bureau.
It seems plausible that the agent's sudden retirement came about after a political decision by higher level FBI and Justice Dept. officials to do quick political damage containment. The hope would be to limit the matter to one FBI person as a means of deflecting public attention from what Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., identifies as a top-tier "cabal" in the bureau.
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