The Ray Epps puzzle
The concern about Ray Epps isn’t just whether he was “a law enforcement agent or informant” (we’ll get to that phrase in a moment). It’s also these three things: (1) Why was he high on the “wanted” list for a … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: FBI
Those Whitmer kidnapping defendants and proving entrapment
Commenter “Bauxite” writes in the Whitmer entrapment thread: If the facts show that the feds sought out these defendants because they were weak and vulnerable, that will increase my sympathy for them. They will still have a very tough task … Continue reading →
Frei and Barnes on recent developments concerning the January 6th “insurrection”
Or, as they now call, it the “flaccid insurrection.” I’ve cued up about a 10-minute segment that I think is good. Some of this is a review of things you probably already know if you’re a regular reader here or … Continue reading →
The FBI involvement in “the insurrection” and right-wing extremism: the latest is the Proud Boy informant
Once again, it should come as no surprise: The informant’s communications with the FBI [about January 6h and the Proud Boys] show that the group did not have any specific plans once they arrived at the Capitol, but apparently succumbed … Continue reading →
Frei and Barnes explain the Whitmer kidnap case, entrapment law, and the track record of the FBI (plus, I take a foray into the history of the Mark Felt prosecution)
I know I’ve already written quite a bit about the Whitmer defendants and the issue of possible entrapment, but this discussion by Viva Frei and Robert Barnes on the topic is particularly good and not all that long: And this … Continue reading →
FBI informants and the entrapment defense
Here’s a piece in the NY Post about FBI informers entitled, “The FBI is made of snitches, often trapping Americans into committing crimes.” Very timely, for obvious reasons. An excerpt: [The FBI has] become an organization of snitches and spies, … Continue reading →
The tangled web: more on the Whitmer kidnapping plot, the FBI, and entrapment
Viva Frei sums it up for you so far: The Michigan case is especially important because it increasingly appears similar to what may have been going on and what may still be going on with the January 6th “insurrection.” I … Continue reading →
Glenn Greenwald: on January 6th and the FBI
Glenn Greenwald has written some must-read pieces about the January 6th Capitol incursion, and here’a another. This one focuses on the role of the FBI – how much the agency knew, and how involved it was in the planning and … Continue reading →
A question that needs to be asked: were undercover government agents involved in instigating and/or planning the January 6th incursion?
Shortly after the January 6th Capitol incursion, many on the right claimed that leftist groups were involved as instigators. As far as I know, though, John Sullivan was the only named and charged person who possibly fit that category: During … Continue reading →
The Clinesmith guilty plea and sentencing
Former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith, who pled guilty to altering the email about Carter Page in order to get FISA warrant number four, is about to be sentenced. When I heard that, I immediately thought “he’ll get a slap on … Continue reading →
It’s reported that in 2019 the FBI opened a money laundering investigation into Hunter Biden
Well, we already knew the FBI was given the Hunter laptop in December of 2019, didn’t we? That was the word from the computer repairman in Delaware. And now the following has been reported by James Rosen: A Justice Department … Continue reading →
More and more and more on Russiagate and on the pursuit of Flynn
There’s so much coming out that I’m mostly going to offer links. The Federalist details how one FBI agent who later was assigned to the Mueller team has testified about enormous and systemic (that word is appropriate here) misuse of … Continue reading →