News for the federal worker and those interested in official news of the federal government, federal civilian service employees and civil servants. Various federal news articles with reference citations.
Snippet of Article: "...U.S. Rep. Dale Strong this week said he does not believe Huntsville would make a good headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Strong made the comments at a town hall meeting he conducted by phone on Tuesday.
The meeting came after some constituents complained that it was difficult to reach the congressman and address concerns..."
Snippet of Article: "...Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed Thursday that “thousands of pages” of documents in the FBI’s investigation into the sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were withheld from her. And she’s demanding that they be turned over by Friday morning. Bondi, 59, disclosed in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel a tipster said that all but “approximately 200 pages of documents” were still being kept secret at the FBI’s office in New York — despite her repeated requests for the “full” Epstein files. ..."
Source: nypost.comSnippet of Article: "...New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees at FBI headquarters to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a bureau facility in Huntsville, Alabama, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.
The plans were communicated Friday, the same day Patel was sworn in at the White House. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...Patel told Fox News his mission is to 'rebuild trust in the FBI'...After being confirmed by the U.S. Senate, President Donald Trump’s new FBI Director Kash Patel is not wasting any time in taking the reins at the country’s top investigative agency, which has been marred by recent scandals and a breakdown in public trust."
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...New Jersey officials ‘frustrated’ after drone meeting
It was a frustrating day for state and local officials wanting new details. New Jersey state Rep. Brian Bergen told NewsNation the meeting was a “waste of time” and that he’s not getting enough information from officials.
“There were no answers,” he said. “Every question that was asked by members of the state legislature? No answers. No resolution. They don’t know where the drones are coming from. They don’t know who is doing it. They don’t know why they’re doing it. But they say there’s no credible threat.”
Middletown Mayor Tony Perry said a recent reported sighting over Naval Weapons Station Earle was particularly concerning. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...A new report released by the House Judiciary Committee, in partnership with the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, reveals extensive violations and abuse of the law by the federal government. According to congressional investigators, the FBI abused the Bank Secrecy Act in order to work with banks to target opponents of the Biden administration and Trump supporters. ...investigators found the FBI was flagging purchases that included "MAGA," "patriot" and even bibles."
Source: townhall.comSnippet of Article: "President-elect Donald J. Trump isn’t buying into the FBI’s games...And yes, no appointee should subject themselves to an FBI background check for security clearances until he’s sworn in and gets his people to run the show. The Biden DOJ cannot be trusted. In a massive middle finger to the bureau, Trump is going to give every appointee a security clearance until his appointees can be reined in and begin the process of cleaning house at the FBI, which has devolved into the Democrats’ political police force..."
Source: townhall.comSnippet of Article: "now been revised to show a 4.5% increase, crime and data...Now, the data reflects a net increase of 80,029 violent crimes in 2022 over 2021. Lott found that under the umbrella of violent crime, there were an additional 1,699 murders, 7,780 rapes, 33,459 robberies and 37,091 aggravated assaults that year.
VIOLENT CRIMES HAVE INCREASED UNDER BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN DESPITE DEMS' DENIALS: EXPERT..."
Snippet of Article: "...Does it strike you as odd for an FBI agent with a demonstrated bias against former President Donald Trump to be heading up the investigation into the second assassination attempt on the former president in as many months? Okay, maybe not so odd, given the current state of affairs in our federal bureaucracy. Perhaps we can settle on "concerning" or "problematic." Yet, the Miami Field Office Special Agent in Charge (SAC) leading the investigation is Jeffrey Veltri, whose political preferences have seemingly been driving a number of questionable personnel actions at the agency. ...further compounded the problem by making retaliatory moves against investigators looking into those matters who pushed back on the disciplinary actions taken against Allen and O'Boyle. Who was the acting Deputy Assistant Director under whom SecD took these improper actions? Jeffrey Veltri. "
Source: redstate.comSnippet of Article: "Jury Found He Failed to Comply With House Subpoena From Select Committee Investigating ...a private citizen since departing the White House in 2017. He was indicted on the contempt charges on Nov. 12, 2021. The case was investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office. The case is being prosecuted by the Fraud, Public Corruption, and Civil Rights Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. ..."
Source: www.justice.govSnippet of Article: "Joe Biden’s son insisted to a gathering of reporters that he wants to testify publicly and not in a private meeting, as Republicans demanded in a subpoena. ...Comer and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — said Wednesday morning that they would move toward holding Hunter Biden in contempt. ...there’s no guarantee the Justice Department would ultimately decide to prosecute him."
Source: www.politico.comSnippet of Article: "...You have to look at the fact that the FBI decided to insert themselves in every election cycle since 2016 and now that is catching up with them. "And on this, they spend all this time trying to say Hunter Biden's laptop was the disinformation and that Joe Biden had nothing to do with Hunter's business dealings despite the fact that we have had evidence to the contrary. ..."
Source: www.newsmax.comSnippet of Article: "AGs say that a FBI field office memo targeting Catholics is 'unconstitutional and deeply un-American'...state attorneys general are demanding answers from the FBI and Justice Department and threatening legal action after a leaked internal FBI memo revealed that the agency had efforts underway to identify and treat Catholics as "potential terrorists." Miyares and his colleagues, in a letter exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, told the FBI and DOJ to "desist from investigating and surveilling Americans who have done nothing more than exercise their natural and constitutional right to practice their religion..."
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...Republican majority plans to press hard for evidence of “collusion” between the FBI and Twitter to censor The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story when three former executives of the social media company appear at the Capitol Wednesday morning. ...The FBI paid Twitter $3.5 million from October 2019 to February 2021 to process its moderation requests, according to a document released by Musk. San Francisco-based FBI agent Elvis Chan used a special transmission platform called Teleporter to send Roth and at least one other person 10 documents on the night of Oct. 13, 2020, just hours before The Post’s initial laptop stories were published at 5 a.m. on Oct. 14, according to Musk-released evidence."
Source: nypost.comSnippet of Article: "...The White House had previously said no classified documents had been found at the property in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. ..."
Source: www.msn.comSnippet of Article: "White House has repeatedly declined to comment on the contents of the classified records...Bauer said that by agreement with the Justice Department, representatives of both Biden's personal legal team and the White House Counsel’s Office were present for the search. ...While Bauer's statement addresses that the Justice Department took "six items consisting of documents with classification markings," it is unclear the exact number of classified documents seized during the search. "
Source: www.foxnews.comSnippet of Article: "...include a resolution to create a subcommittee to probe "the Weaponization of the Federal Government" under President Joe Biden's administration. The new GOP majority will first have to elect a speaker..."We are so serious, it's not just a goal, it's a rule," Greene tweeted on Sunday, and added what appeared to be a quote from the rules package: "Establish the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government to investigate the full extent of the Biden Administration's assault on the constitutional rights of American citizens.""
Source: www.newsweek.comSnippet of Article: "House Judiciary Committee Republicans will release a 1,000-page report on Friday that will serve as a “road map” for future investigations into the FBI and Justice Department if Republicans can take control of the House after the midterm elections. The report details whistleblower allegations that accuse the FBI of being politically influenced under President Biden. Whistleblowers quoted in the report describe the FBI under Director Christopher Wray as being “rotted at its core,” maintaining a “systemic culture of unaccountability,” and full of “rampant corruption, manipulation, and abuse.” “FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland have injected politics..."
Source: nypost.comSnippet of Article: "The White House is claiming it was not informed ahead of time of the FBI's raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. ..."
Source: www.theepochtimes.comMic Drop: Trump Hands Macho Man Tim Walz His Hat in Devastating Takedown Snippet of Article: "...Tim Walz has been scurrying aro...