Numerous FBI agents who broke the law but were not fired
Numerous FBI agents who broke the law but were not fired
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USA: According to internal reports from the agency's Office of Business Responsibility, which former Special Agent Steve Friend was able to obtain and was made public by Just the News on Thursday,

FBI agents who have been caught committing a variety of felonies have not only avoided jail time for their crimes but often kept their jobs as well.

According to Friend, who resigned after raising concerns about civil liberties violations in the FBI's investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the disciplinary report, which spans from 2017 to the present, noted an increase in sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse. Reflects, reflects "feeling". of entitlement that has crept into the agency." He thinks today's agents are merely riding the coattails of their forefathers.

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Their data showed that one agent was suspended for only 15 days for failing to disclose a romantic relationship with a convicted felon. Another agent, who was detained for robbing his girlfriend after a contentious breakup, only got 14 days in jail.

There are many relationships between managers and employees that are illegal and can result in fines or even a one-day suspension.

Of the 23 drunk-driving cases, only five resulted in the agent being fired. An agent was suspended for only 50 days after being found inside a vehicle with multiple open bottles and a blood alcohol level that was twice the legal limit.

Another man who crashed his car into a police car while intoxicated only received a 60-day suspension.

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More than three dozen agents mishandled their weapons, lost them, or had them stolen. One was put on furlough for 14 days after punching a hole in the floor of his hotel room.

Despite the fact that the child was allegedly "coached to minimize what happened," an agent who hit her child and left bruises seen by the child's teacher was given a 40-day suspension. Couldn't find much.

However, the FBI has its limits. According to a 2017 report, some of the agents' actions warranted "summary dismissal", such as one who admitted to sexually abusing his daughter and granddaughter for years, another who used drugs regularly to support his addiction, stole drug evidence from, and a third who intentionally shot and killed two neighborhood dogs

Because they feared "employees hurt by misconduct" would feel shame, the agency withheld reports from the public for seven months between 2021 and 2022.

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However, he eventually resumed distribution. It claimed in a statement to Just The News that the reports were in fact evidence that its disciplinary system was effective.

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