Kash Patel may have flouted legal constraints and the FBI’s disciplinary code in prematurely divulging arrests in an alleged plot to attack this month’s Ultimate Fighting Championship bout at the White House, bureau veterans have alleged.
The FBI director was accused of “jumping the gun” by posting details on social media of five arrests in an investigation carried out in conjunction with the Secret Service.
It subsequently emerged the inquiry was sealed by a court order, theoretically constraining Patel from publicly disclosing it. There is a general prohibition against publicising information related to sealed cases while the order remains in force, under US federal law. Although exceptions exist allowing for revealing their contents, formal court authorization would be needed to do so. Patel has previously invoked court orders sealing grand jury testimony as justification for the FBI’s inability to release many of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.
This is 100% going to be one of those things where undercovers bullied someone into going along with a plan or even just being reasonably aware of a plan but not snitching.
It’s just way more likely they invented a threat than they stopped a legitimate one.
Or just found someone mentally ill or disabled enough to exploit. Status quo.
As much as it sucks, yeah, that was implied.
Even just for minor drug deals, Undercovers target children with learning disabilities because they’re often the most trusting.
Once they have them for a minor buy, they’ll send them straight to real dealers wearing a wire.
Like you said, status quo
Yep, first thought was ‘three undercovers and two informants got rounded up which is why no identifying details will be shared.’
The attackers showed up days after the event. That’s not much of an attack.
Lol, like the WKUK civil war episodes where they keep showing up late after battles