The FBI has reportedly established a team of agents, informally known as a “payback squad,” that is tasked with pursuing investigations (and eventually charges) against individuals perceived to be the political enemies of President Donald Trump. NOTUS reported on the details of the so-called payback squad, citing four individuals with knowledge of its existence…
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The FBI has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into sources that provided information regarding the agency’s director, Kash Patel, and his alcohol drinking habits to The Atlantic, which published details about them last month. The article in question, produced by staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick, relied on dozens of sources, including former and current FBI officials…
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In an interview with NBC News on Tuesday, interim Attorney General Todd Blanche indicated that he had no problem with “weaponizing” the Department of Justice (DOJ) on behalf of his boss, President Donald Trump. The statement from Blanche is a direct contradiction of Trump’s vow in an executive order at the beginning of his second term to end the “weaponization of the Federal Government…
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The FBI has opened an investigation into Joe Kent, the former Trump administration National Counterterrorism Center director who resigned from his position earlier this week in protest of the decision to go to war with Iran. According to reporting from Semafor, which cited four sources with knowledge of the inquiry, Kent is being investigated over allegations that he improperly leaked…
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