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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRW dirty tricksters Burkman/Wohl stage FBI raid on themselves with paid actors
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/fbi-raids-home-of-trump-loving-dirty-trickster-behind-botched-smears-of-mueller-and-fauciThe story has been updated as the FBI issued a statement that it cannot confirm that this operation happened AND as a man came forward saying he was part of a group of actors paid to act out a few scenes in FBI regalia in front of Burkman's home.
My guess:
"The evil Deep State is coming for us, we need your donations!"
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RW dirty tricksters Burkman/Wohl stage FBI raid on themselves with paid actors (Original Post)
DetlefK
Sep 2020
OP
Quick! Call the Attorney General right away! He has to be notified of this!
Midnight Writer
Sep 2020
#4
Miguelito Loveless
(4,457 posts)1. Gee, aren't there laws against people pretending to be FBI agents?
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)3. Why yes, there is.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/912
18 U.S. Code § 912. Officer or employee of the United States
Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 742; Pub. L. 103322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Falsely impersonating a federal officer or employee of the United States is a federal crime punishable by a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.
It seems to happen a lot though.
FBI York Man Charged with Impersonating FBI Agent
www.fbi.gov philadelphia press-releases york-ma...
Sep 26, 2013 - York Man Charged with Impersonating FBI Agent ... he falsely represented himself as a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in ...
Sacramento Man Sentenced for Impersonating an FBI Agent ...
www.justice.gov ... News
Jun 15, 2020 - All FBI agents carry badges and credentials to aid identification and a call can be placed to the FBI or their local law enforcement agency to verify ...
Wentzville Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonating an FBI Agent ...
www.justice.gov ... News
Nov 27, 2018 - Louis, MO Mark Van Ronzelen, 45, of Wentzville, pled guilty to impersonating a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and felony ...
N.C. woman gets 3 years in prison for posing as FBI agent on ...
www.wbtv.com 2020/04/23 nc-woman-gets-years-pris...
Apr 23, 2020 - N.C. woman gets 3 years in prison for posing as FBI agent on dating ... sentenced to 37 months in prison for impersonating an FBI agent and ...
Maryland man pleads guilty to impersonating FBI agent | The ...
www.seattletimes.com nation-world maryland-man-pl...
Jan 11, 2018 - At a hearing Wednesday in Wilmington, 28-year-old Eric Kappesser of Stevensville agreed to plead guilty to one count of impersonating a federal ...
18 U.S. Code § 912. Officer or employee of the United States
Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 742; Pub. L. 103322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Falsely impersonating a federal officer or employee of the United States is a federal crime punishable by a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.
It seems to happen a lot though.
FBI York Man Charged with Impersonating FBI Agent
www.fbi.gov philadelphia press-releases york-ma...
Sep 26, 2013 - York Man Charged with Impersonating FBI Agent ... he falsely represented himself as a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in ...
Sacramento Man Sentenced for Impersonating an FBI Agent ...
www.justice.gov ... News
Jun 15, 2020 - All FBI agents carry badges and credentials to aid identification and a call can be placed to the FBI or their local law enforcement agency to verify ...
Wentzville Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonating an FBI Agent ...
www.justice.gov ... News
Nov 27, 2018 - Louis, MO Mark Van Ronzelen, 45, of Wentzville, pled guilty to impersonating a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and felony ...
N.C. woman gets 3 years in prison for posing as FBI agent on ...
www.wbtv.com 2020/04/23 nc-woman-gets-years-pris...
Apr 23, 2020 - N.C. woman gets 3 years in prison for posing as FBI agent on dating ... sentenced to 37 months in prison for impersonating an FBI agent and ...
Maryland man pleads guilty to impersonating FBI agent | The ...
www.seattletimes.com nation-world maryland-man-pl...
Jan 11, 2018 - At a hearing Wednesday in Wilmington, 28-year-old Eric Kappesser of Stevensville agreed to plead guilty to one count of impersonating a federal ...
Midnight Writer
(21,733 posts)4. Quick! Call the Attorney General right away! He has to be notified of this!
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)2. So maybe they ARE doing something worthy of being raided.
WHY would anyone do that?
WHAT goes through people's mind?
I want to show how big and tough I am. Look I'm being targeted by the FBI.
How does that prove ANYTHING?