Sunday, December 10, 2017

Trump's disdain for the FBI

Frank Montoya, Jr., a former FBI special agent who served as the Director of the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, was blunt.

"There is a lot of anger in the FBI (the entire intelligence community, for that matter) over how this president will say nary a negative word about the Russians, but will insult us every chance he gets," he said.

  Business Insider
Trump has gotten away with so much shitty behavior all his life that he doesn't recognize when it could be a problem. Also, he's been thinking all along that he would form a private spy ring and protection organization for himself using Erik Prince and would have no need of the FBI or CIA. Also, he's just THAT big of a dick that he'll strike out at anyone he thinks is not paying proper tribute to himself.
High-profile conservative figures and Trump allies, such as the conservative-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board and Fox News host Sean Hannity, quickly weaponized another damaging report published last week. It said [sidelined Mueller FBI investigator Peter] Strzok had been instrumental in changing Comey's final characterization of Clinton's conduct from "grossly negligent" — which would have carried legal consequences — to "extremely careless."

[...]

Strzok reportedly sent text messages during the presidential campaign to another member of Mueller's team, Lisa Page, that could be perceived as anti-Trump. He and Page were also having an extramarital affair that the DOJ worried could make them both subject to blackmail. Page left Mueller's team over the summer for unrelated reasons.

[...]

" FBI agents, like anyone else, are human beings. W e are allowed to have our political beliefs. If anything, the overwhelming majority of agents are conservative Republicans," [FBI unit chief Mark Rossini, who spent 17 years at the bureau, said].
I have no doubt of that.

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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