This corrupt and politicized organization should be disbanded. But no one would ever have the guts to do it. The retaliation would be swift and sure.
“Meet the FBI Analyst Behind The Decade’s Biggest Political Disinformation Campaigns,” by Chuck Ross, Washington Free Beacon, July 26, 2022:
An intelligence analyst behind the FBI’s botched Trump-Russia collusion probe is now accused of using the bureau’s authority to discredit reports about Hunter Biden’s criminal activity months before the 2020 presidential election.
Meet Brian Auten. The FBI analyst is hardly a household name, but whistleblowers who contacted the office of GOP senator Chuck Grassley say he was behind an August 2020 report that FBI officials used as part of a “scheme…to undermine derogatory information connected to Hunter Biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation.”
Auten’s report also caused the FBI “to cease” investigative activity into the younger Biden, according to a letter Grassley sent the Justice Department and FBI.
The whistleblower allegations are the latest evidence of politicization at the FBI. Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the allegations, if accurate, show the FBI and Justice Department are “institutionally corrupted to their very core.”
Auten was a key figure in Crossfire Hurricane, the counterintelligence investigation into Donald Trump’s potential ties to Russia. The Justice Department inspector general said in a December 2019 report that an FBI intelligence analyst who has since been identified as Auten “failed to advise” others at the FBI about inconsistencies in the Steele dossier, the controversial report the bureau used to investigate Trump.
Auten’s involvement in the Hunter Biden saga, which was not previously known, is likely to come under scrutiny because of his involvement in the Trump-Russia probe. Auten took part in the Hunter Biden matter even though he was seemingly referred to the FBI’s disciplinary office for investigation because of the inspector general’s findings. FBI Director Christopher Wray testified in February 2020 that every FBI employee mentioned in the inspector general’s report, which accused the FBI of “significant” abuses of the foreign surveillance process, was referred to the Office of Professional Responsibility for investigation. It is unclear whether Auten faced any discipline.
Auten, an expert on Russia, pushed aggressively for surveillance warrants against Trump adviser Carter Page, according to the inspector general. He urged colleagues at the FBI in a Sept. 19, 2016, email to obtain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants against Page based on information in the dossier. The Justice Department watchdog criticized the FBI for failing to verify Steele’s allegations before citing them in the spy warrant. The Justice Department has invalidated two surveillance warrants granted against Page because of FBI malfeasance….
The FBI press office told the Washington Free Beacon that the bureau “declines to comment on personnel matters.” Both the bureau and the Department of Justice confirmed receipt of Grassley’s letter to CBS News.
PMK says
Another one of the ‘good people’ of the FBI? He’ll be on all the CNN / MSNBC shows before you know it.
mortimer says
CORRUPTION in high places. The role of the FBI is to fight organized crime. The FBI should NOT be TAMPERING IN ELECTIONS by the control of information. That is no doubt a crime!
The FBI should investigate and prosecute the FBI members who did this!
CogitoErgoSum says
The first I ever heard of a crossfire hurricane was in the song by the Rolling Stones called “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” I wonder if this guy came up with the name for the FBI investigation. Yeah, he’s Jumpin’ Jack Flash and it’s a gas, gas, gas – (as in gaslighting the public).
mortimer says
When the truth tumbles out piece by piece, it will be found that tens of thousands of Trump-haters gave themselves permission to tamper with the 2020 elections.
They believed that the end justifies the means, and so, they overturned the choice of the American people who massively wanted Donald Trump to have a second term.
Infidel says
The FBI today is what the KGB was in the 70s and 80s. It’s high time it’s disbanded. I read that President Trump, if re-elected, would terminate some 50,000 bureaucrats. Let’s hope he also disbands the FBI, the departments of Energy, Education and some others that escape me right now
john smith says
Spot on Infidel
Wellington says
Auten has done a great disservice to America. This should read as his legacy.
mortimer says
Can Auten be prosecuted for fabricating evidence?
In order for the Police to prove their case at Court, they must prove each of the following matters beyond a reasonable doubt.
(A) The accused:
(1) with intent to mislead a tribunal;
(2) fabricates evidence by means not perjury; or
(B) The accused:
(1) with intent to mislead a tribunal:
(2) Knowingly makes use of such fabricated evidence
It will be necessary for the Police in every offence to prove that the accused was the person who committed the offence. Click here to learn more about identification evidence.
The Maximum penalty for the offence of Fabricating Evidence is 7 years imprisonment.
Which court will hear the matter
This matter is indictable which means it is dealt with in the District Court.
Possible defenses to this offence include but are not limited to
Identification i.e. Not the accused
The accused did not intend to mislead a tribunal
Did not knowingly make use of the fabricated evidence
It was not a tribunal.
Fabricated Evidence is fictitious testimony or documents offered to a court or jury in order to mislead them. Fabricating evidence involves arranging or manufacturing circumstances or indica, after the act is committed with the intention to use them as evidence and make it appear accidental. Such evidence may be wholly forged and artificial, or it may consist in so warping and distorting real facts to create an impression in the minds of those who observe them as true and genuine.
OLD GUY says
I guess he forgot the oath he took to uphold the law. Or is the oath of office just a political necessity with no meaning. Honor seems to be a thing of the past.