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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Dec 29, 2022, 05:57 PM Dec 2022

The GOP wants to defund the police

Republicans Step Up Attacks on FBI as It Investigates Trump

WASHINGTON — When George Piro learned that some of his former colleagues were spreading unfounded rumors about him, he was stunned.

Piro, 55, was a highly decorated agent in the FBI. During his 23-year career, he earned a national intelligence medal for the months he spent interrogating Saddam Hussein, supervised several high-profile shooting investigations and consistently earned reviews that were among the highest for agents who ran field offices.

Now, he stood accused of misconduct by a group of former agents who had been placed on leave and called themselves “the Suspendables.” In a letter sent this month to FBI Director Christopher Wray, the group surfaced persistent accusations against the bureau, saying it had discriminated against conservative-leaning agents. The group’s letter also falsely suggested that Piro, who once ran the FBI’s office in Miami, had played a suspicious role in the bureau’s search this summer of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s private club and residence in Florida.

“These claims are absolutely false,” Piro said in an interview. “I dedicated my life to the country and the FBI. I am disappointed that former agents would spread lies about me.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-step-attacks-fbi-investigates-124523569.html
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The GOP wants to defund the police (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 OP
And they wonder why they are suspended Fullduplexxx Dec 2022 #1
NYC FBI agents, spurred on by Giuliani, caused trouble for Hillary during her campaign. The FBI Karadeniz Dec 2022 #2

Fullduplexxx

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1. And they wonder why they are suspended
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:24 PM
Dec 2022

The group’s letter also falsely suggested that Piro, who once ran the FBI’s office in Miami, had played a suspicious role in the bureau’s search this summer of Mar-a-Lago,

Karadeniz

(24,746 posts)
2. NYC FBI agents, spurred on by Giuliani, caused trouble for Hillary during her campaign. The FBI
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:55 PM
Dec 2022

needs an extensive housecleaning.

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