The FBI has pushed out or reassigned three senior agents, raising new concerns about political retaliation under Director Kash Patel, a Trump ally who has vowed to reshape the bureau.
The American Bar Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of illegally canceling $3.2 million in grants as retaliation for the organization’s criticism of the Trump administration.
A federal judge tossed a lawsuit filed by a Black former ATF supervisor in Seattle who claimed she was smeared and retaliated against after she settled a previous lawsuit against the agency.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent in Connecticut claims in a lawsuit that he was retaliated against after complaining that he was passed over for a supervisory position, the New Haven Register reports. Agent Kurt Siuzdak, a lawyer and 17-year veteran of the FBI, said the Connecticut office is dysfunctional and managed by fear….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents were retaliated against for voicing concerns over operations at the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Fusion Center, a DOJ inspector general concluded. AllGov.com reports that OCDETF’s leadership also wasn’t cooperative. The report described the relationship between the FBI agents in the task force and the center’s leaders as “strained.”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gang in Wilmington, N.C., appears to be retaliating against police for fatally shooting one of its members in October, the Star News reports. Police shot Brandon Devone Smith on Oct. 13 after he allegedly fired at a sheriff’s detective. A state investigation concluded the fatal shooting was justified. “Low-ranking gang members…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A police chief is accused of retaliating against his temporary replacement for snitching on him to the FBI, CBS New York reports. FBI agents arrested Port Chester, N.Y. Police Chief Joseph Krzeminski on Monday, saying he physically threatened and retaliated against the department’s acting chief, John Telesca. Last week Krzeminski is accused of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who filed a $2.2 million federal lawsuit against the FBI claiming retaliation and racial discrimination lost her case, WFMJ-NBC reports. U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson dismissed the case, saying the former agent, Sheila Lawson, never made herself available for depositions. Lawson, who worked for the FBI between 2002…
