Fired federal agent laments ‘we are supposed to be people of integrity’
(WND) An FBI whistleblower who was suspended after refusing to participate in SWAT team raids on Jan. 6 suspects alleges the bureau has been breaking its rules, using excessive tactics against people who may be innocent to ensure the “process is the punishment.”
Just the News reported special Agent Steven Friend said that in its investigation of the Jan. 6 riot, the bureau has been designing cases to exaggerate the threat of domestic terrorism in America.
“We took an oath, before our family and our friends and the Lord Almighty, and we are supposed to be people of integrity,” said Friend, whose security clearance has been suspended. “And if you are indeed a person of fidelity, bravery, integrity – the FBI motto – and you have to be willing to do things that aren’t easy, especially when they’re as simple as stepping up and pointing out when we are not meeting the standards that we have set out for ourselves.”
Friend’s complaint, obtained by Just the News, alleges the FBI is violating the Jan. 6 defendants’ 6th Amendment right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, and 8th Amendment protection against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.
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