The writer, a columnist for ticklethewire.com, was an FBI agent for 31 years. He retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office in 2006. He has a law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law. By Greg Stejskal When J. Edgar Hoover died in 1972, he had been director of…
It ended up being financial-related crimes that nailed them both.
The writer, an FBI agent for 31 years, retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office in 2006. He is the author of “FBI Case Files Michigan: Tales of a G-Man.” By Greg Stejskal When I first heard that the Department of Justice and the FBI were being criticized because they were “weaponized,”…
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. By Greg Stejskal Like the mountain in one of Aesop’s fables, Special Counsel John Durham labored mightily and brought forth a mouse. In May, after a four-year investigation, Durham delivered his final report…
With the advent of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, I have come to realize some in the FBI are influenced by their political beliefs.
In February 2021, following former president Trump’s acquittal by the Senate on the impeachment charges emanating from the January 6th insurrection, I wrote a column about a possible theory of criminal prosecution of Trump on the charge of inciting insurrection. The column predates the Jan. 6 Committee revelations which would seem to bolster the case for criminal…
In December 2020, I wrote a column about what I believed was a con job. I thought then-President Donald Trump and others were pushing a falsehood that the election was rigged and that Trump actually won. There was no evidence that the election was rigged or stolen and none has been found in the two…
Last July I wrote a column about the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson before the Jan. 6 Committee. I thought her testimony was consistent and credible. We now know based on recently released transcripts that Hutchinson was encouraged by an attorney hired by Trump loyalists to provide as little information as possible to the committee and to…
