RayR
a year ago

Anyone thinking Trump doesn't have a mandate...here's your proof he DOES...


https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/11/fbi-director-christopher-wray-makes-it-official-announces-resignation-ahead-trumps-term/ [/i][/color][/size]


This lying POS is running for the door and as I type this him and 100's of others are running paper shredders 24/7 and have been since election day.

Buh bye Wray, you despicable lying POS. You can run but you're going back to the Hill!

DrMaddVibe wrote:




Christopher-Wray resigning at the end of the Biden Regimr is like committing suicide before facing Trump's firing squad.
RobertHively
a year ago

Ray Epps Announces Resignation From FBI


WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal agent Ray Epps will step down from his role as head of PSYOPS at the end of the Biden administration, the agency said Thursday, ending a distinguished career of covertly manipulating the American people.

Epps said it was important to retire now and preserve his pension before he was forced out by Trump and lost it all.

"I've paid my dues," Epps said with a smile. "I've secretly been pulling the strings for the deep state a long time and it's time for me to enjoy my retirement before Trump gets on my case about inciting January 6."

FBI Director Christopher Wray, who is also stepping down at the end of the Biden administration, praised Ray Epps for the incredible work he's done turning Americans against each other. "Without Epps, America would be a downright peaceful place," he said. "We owe him a debt of gratitude."

Epps has been with the service since the 60s, first rising to prominence in the bureau thanks to his collaboration with the CIA to kill JFK. He enjoyed a long career as a Deep State agent, but after two failed Trump assassination attempts he decided it was time to throw in the towel.

"I'm slowing down a bit," Epps said, taking a long drag on a Cuban cigar. "But that doesn't mean I'm done. Maybe I'll spend some time on a beach destabilizing Argentina for a while. You gotta keep busy."

At publishing time, Epps had been awarded The FBI Medal for Meritorious Achievement by President Joe Biden for his hard work destroying America.
DrMaddVibe
a year ago
FBI clown show: New York Post finds NOLA terrorist’s house before the feds…



Just when you think the FBI couldn’t possibly stoop lower or tarnish its reputation further, they somehow manage to outdo themselves with an act so inept and outrageous that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief. What happened this time? They showed up late to a terrorist’s house—so late, in fact, that reporters from the New York Post arrived before they did.

At this point, the feds have become little more than a bumbling clown show, handling the NOLA terror attack with all the finesse of a troupe of Keystone Cops. In a stunning display of what can only be described as DEI-driven incompetence, an FBI spokeswoman stood in front of the cameras and declared that the massive New Year’s terror attack wasn’t a “terror attack” at all.

How embarrassing for the FBI.


But honestly, it feels like the entire city of New Orleans has become one giant DEI disaster.

Is it any wonder that the American people have completely lost faith in the FBI?

And to make matters even worse, as we mentioned earlier, the New York Post actually beat the feds to the terrorist’s house. The FBI didn’t bother to show up until around 1 p.m. What were they doing in the meantime—chasing down grandparents who attended the January 6th rally nearly four years ago?

New York Post reporter Jeannie Taer took to X (formerly Twitter) to call out the disgraced agency in no uncertain terms.

The FBI will relentlessly hunt down non-violent January 6 attendees with the fire of a thousand suns, yet when it comes to actual terrorists mowing down and shooting innocent Americans, they seem to yawn and lollygag their way to critical scenes.

It really makes you wonder: why is this agency even operational at this point? Is it solely to fulfill the regime’s agenda?


As it stands, the only digital footprint we have of the New Orleans terrorist is this one.

How did this man go from seemingly normal to a complete whackjob? That’s the question many are now asking: Who radicalized him?

The answer seems increasingly clear. It appears he was radicalized at a local Houston mosque.

And speaking of that creepy mosque, reports suggest that its members have been instructed to remain silent and direct all inquiries to CAIR. This raises an even bigger question—what role, if any, did CAIR play in all of this? The American people deserve transparency and answers about what’s really happening.

Unfortunately, getting to the truth may prove challenging, as the media and left-wing operatives seem determined to run interference and shield the “religion of peace” from scrutiny.

Meanwhile, once again, President Trump was right—crime in this country is spiraling out of control, and the wide-open, unvetted border is only making things worse. As it stands, we already have more than enough violent kooks wreaking havoc in America, as the horrific New Orleans attack so tragically demonstrates. But thanks to the Biden-Harris regime, the floodgates remain wide open, ushering in even more chaos—whether we like it or not.

And speaking of soaring crime, as the New Orleans nightmare continues to unfold, yet another deadly mass shooting has shaken Queens, New York. The violence and chaos are spreading like wildfire, and everyday Americans are paying the price for failed, left-wing, soft-on-crime “leadership.”

And let’s not forget: a car bomb exploded right outside Trump Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada. As expected, the media is already brushing it off as no big deal, conveniently labeling it as some kind of left-wing “performance art” or whatever excuse fits their narrative of the day. But the truth is, it’s starting to feel like our country is under attack from within.

It’s starting to feel like the wheels are coming off the wagon as the most dangerous regime in U.S. history plans its exit, leaving their left-wing army of chaos to unleash hellfire on innocent Americans. Meanwhile, the media—always eager to smear MAGA as “violent”—circles the wagons to gaslight the nation and shield their own. And, as always, it’s the American people who lose the most, as evidenced by the ongoing clown show at the FBI.

Let’s hope and pray that someone like Kash Patel steps in as FBI Director and takes on the monumental task of cleaning up this disgraceful, weaponized disaster.

https://revolver.news/2025/01/fbi-clown-show-new-york-post-finds-nola-terrorist-house-before-feds/ 



The DNC SS is a complete $hitshow.
Gene363
a year ago
This showed up today:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/39fQJmOM-Qg


DrMaddVibe
a year ago
FBI's Wray Drops 'Chinese Infiltration' Bomb On Way Out, Warns Of Threat To Critical Infrastructure



While the FBI - the same FBI that participated in the Russiagage hoax, polarizing half of America into focusing on the Kremlin for a decade, the Chinese government - the same one that enriched the Biden family to the tune of millions, has apparently been 'lying in wait' all over America and is ready to attach critical infrastructure at a moment's notice.

According to outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray in a Sunday appearance on "60 Minutes," - "The Chinese government is prepositioning on American civilian critical infrastructure to lie in wait on those networks to be in a position to wreak havoc & inflict real world harm at a time & place of their choosing."

Wray described the CCP as "the greatest long-term threat" and the "defining threat of our generation" due in part to its state-funded cyber program that's poised to "wreak havoc" on a whim - targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, natural gas infrastructure and other systems.

According to Wray, China has pre-positioned malware throughout American infrastructure.

He also says that Beijing has been listening to communications by high-level US officials.

Of course, while the media took the Russiagate ball and went full retard - Wray has been fairly consistent about China. In July of 2000, he warned that nearly half of the FBI's 5,000 or so counterintelligence investigations are related to Chinese espionage.

"We’ve now reached the point where the FBI is opening a new China-related counterintelligence case approximately every ten hours," said the FBI chief, speaking at an event hosted by the Hudson Institute.

"The greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information, intelligence property and to our economic vitality is the counterintelligence and economic espionage threat from China," he added.

A cyber strike of that scale would aim to impede the deployment of U.S. troops, induce societal panic and otherwise interfere with U.S. military actions, according to the report.

China over the past decade has been accused of multiple state-sponsored hacking campaigns aimed at the U.S. — as well as European and Asian countries — but it routinely denies involvement.

The U.S. Treasury on Jan. 3 sanctioned Integrity Technology Group Inc., a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, for its alleged involvement in multiple hacking attempts against the U.S.

The hacks were connected to Flax Typhoon, which the Treasury described as “a Chinese malicious state-sponsored cyber group that has been active since at least 2021, often targeting organizations within U.S. critical infrastructure sectors,” according to the Treasury news release announcing the sanctions. -stripes.com

According to a Feb. 5 assessment from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, China is the "most active and persistent cyber threat to U.S. Government, private-sector, and critical infrastructure networks."

"If Beijing believed that a major conflict with the United States were imminent, it would consider aggressive cyber operations against U.S. critical infrastructure and military assets," the report said.

In a Jan. 6 press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Jiakun Guo denied Beijing's hacking program.

"We urge the U.S. to stop using the issue of cybersecurity to vilify and smear China. For quite some time, the US has been trumpeting so-called ‘Chinese hacking’ and even using it to impose illegal and unilateral sanctions on China," he said.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbis-wray-drops-chinese-infiltration-bomb-way-out-warns-threat-critical-infrastructure 


Priorities all in order.
DrMaddVibe
a year ago
Questions Raised After FBI Reveals 5,000 Agents & Employees Were Tasked With Pursuing J6 Protestors



Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials have disclosed that more than 5,000 of the bureau’s agents and analysts, were assigned to investigate January 6 protestors in connection with the 2021 Capitol riot.

The revelation of how many bureau employees were tasked with pursuing J6 protestors was labeled by Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk as “an insane misallocation of resources.”

Shortly after President Trump took office last month, the U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) ordered FBI officials to turn over the details of personnel involved in the J6 riot cases.

NBC News reported that senior FBI officials had considered resisting the request out of concern that they and the involved agents might face potential punishment but ultimately decided that they would comply with what their lawyers regarded to be a lawful order.

In complying with the order, bureau officials handed over employee ID numbers, job titles and their role in the January 6 investigations but did not provide the names of individual agents.

On Tuesday, some FBI agents filed suit against the DOJ accused it of violating the Constitution and privacy laws by requiring the agents to complete a survey detailing their roles in the J6 investigations.

The FBI employs 13,000 agents and roughly 38,000 total employees, raising serious questions about why so many bureau resources spent nearly 4 years tracking down 1600 protestors, who were charged mostly with misdemeanors like parading on Capitol grounds, rather than pursuing violent criminals and terrorists.

What makes these investigations, arrests and prosecutions notable is that the people they were going after were overwhelmingly non-violent individuals who had no criminal history.

Yet the FBI still chose to send heavily armed SWAT teams on early morning raids to carry out the roundup of suspected J6 protestors.

In light of the seriousness with which a politicized FBI went after people who essentially were jaywalking on federal property versus going after actual threats like child traffickers, drug lords and Donald Trump’s two would-be assassins, it may be time for a bit of housecleaning in the bureau.

https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/05/questions-raised-after-fbi-reveals-5000-agents-employees-were-tasked-with-pursuing-j6-protestors/ 


Playing with the house money...been kinda quiet since Trump is back in office...Oh DOGE!
Mr. Jones
a year ago
Screw The FBI....

TOTALLY ELIMINATE THE
"SPECIAL SURVEILLANCE GROUP"
DEPARTMENT...

PUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE SICK LAW BREAKING PRIIICKS AND MURDERERS INTO FEDERAL PRISON FOR AT LEAST 15-20 YEARS AT LEAST...

SEND THEM ALL TO GITMO OR EL SALVADOR W/ MS-13
DrMaddVibe
a year ago
FBI Turned Blind Eye While Its Informant Stole $190K From Jan. 6 Protestor: Court Filing



A bombshell court filing alleges that an FBI informant stole some $190,000 from a Jan. 6 protestor, and that the bureau turned a blind eye to the crime to protect its source.
Former FBI agent Jared Wise was arrested for illegally entering the Capitol on J6. Photo: DOJ

The court filing comes from former FBI agent and Project Veritas contractor Jared Wise, who was arrested in 2023 for his own involvement with Jan. 6. Wise had his charges dropped last month, and provided an exclusive interview to Headline USA to respond to accusations from Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe that he tried to “ensnare” O’Keefe in a plot to secretly record FBI agents.

During his interview with this publication, Wise declined to go into detail about what he did and saw on Jan. 6—saying that he intends to reveal that information soon to reporter Julie Kelly.

However, Wise publicized the information about the thieving FBI informant this week on this Twitter/X account, and he referred this reporter to a motion for vindictive prosecution, which he filed in December. That motion contains stunning details about how the FBI informant allegedly stole from him with impunity.

https://t.co/l2xfjm8GRG 
— Jared Wise (@TheWiseJared) February 5, 2025

According to Wise’s motion, in 2020 he invested in a French real estate property with a U.S. citizen residing in France. Wise identified the man only as “GED,” but Headline USA was able to track down his identity as Gregory Edmont de la Doucette by looking up a separate civil lawsuit filed in December.

The two men closed their real estate deal in September 2021. But soon thereafter, Wise began to have serious concerns about the status of his investment.

Over the next few months, Wise questioned Doucette about his investment, and accused him of running a scam.

That was when Doucette reported Wise to the FBI, he said.

“In January 2022, GED provided information to the FBI that Wise was present in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. GED provided information about Wise to the FBI to protect himself from consequences of his own crime against Wise, as he began to realize that Wise was uncovering GED’s fraud,” Wise said in his December motion.

“GED correctly believed that providing information to the FBI about Wise (GED’s own victim) and J6 would help inoculate himself from any liability related to his own scheme to defraud Wise.”

Wise was arrested in May 2023, but that didn’t dissuade him from trying to report Doucette’s alleged real estate scam to the FBI. However, the FBI refused to investigate Doucette, he said.

The FBI even went as far as investigate Wise for trying to contact Doucette, he said.

“In August 2024, the government sought new charges against Wise related to him contacting GED about GED’s fraud, but those efforts were not successful. In response to failing to secure a new indictment, the government then obtained revised release conditions which prevented Wise from having any direct or indirect contact with GED,” his motion said.

Woah I looked up Jared's case and he details this stunning scandal in a motion he filed last December.

https://t.co/MOQehGEquy  pic.twitter.com/KLRPOU6q9G
— Ken Silva (@JD_Cashless) February 6, 2025

Wise’s motion said he believes the FBI protected Doucette specifically because he was informing for the bureau.

“If the FBI were to meet with Wise and accept the information implicating GED in a complex international fraud scheme of at least $190,000 (and possibly up to $700,000 with an additional victim as alleged by a third party with direct knowledge), it would create a complicated situation in which it would need to account for criminal activity by one of its sources, and the information might also impact the prosecution of Wise,” he said.

“Hence, the easiest strategy to prevent the dilemma is to simply refuse to meet with Wise and never learn of the claims,” he said. “Wise avers that the FBI is knowingly protecting one of its sources who has conducted criminal activity, which is reminiscent of the FBI protecting mob boss Whitey Bulger for many years.”

Wise’s December motion was unsuccessful, but that became a moot point when the DOJ dropped all charges against him last month.

Wise continues to seek accountability for Doucette, who could not be reached for comment.

Wise’s December motion said he won a civil judgment against Doucette in France last September. Headline USA was unable to find that judgment, but did find a separate civil lawsuit Wise filed in federal court, also in December.

No attorney was listed for Doucette, and he does not seem to have been served with the U.S. lawsuit yet.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-turned-blind-eye-while-its-informant-stole-190k-jan-6-protestor-court-filing 



INSURRECTION!!!!!
DrMaddVibe
a year ago
The FBI Hides Evidence Of Being The FBI



Imagine you’re an operative for a government law enforcement agency gone Stasi. Your power over the lives of others is near-absolute. You can destroy anyone who even thinks of opposing you or your political masters. You no longer expose yourself to the dangers of pursuing real criminals, spies and terrorists. Soccer moms and Catholics are easy targets. You’re covered. You can violate the law and Constitution at will and violating the rights of Americans is your daily stock in trade.

So pervasive is the corruption in your agency, it is daily routine to document it. You feel no need to hide evidence of lawlessness, even the commission of crimes, because that’s the status quo. Any vestiges of conscience, decency, accountability have long been wiped from your mind and your agency’s collective conscience and data banks. You’re invincible, and every additional violation of the Constitution, every violation of your oath, ensures there is no way to undo “our democracy” to which you’ve sold your soul.

And then, the unthinkable happens. Joe Biden exposes his dementia, and his handler’s lies and manipulations, on national TV. Even the Democrat/socialist/communist (D/s/c) media can’t cover for him anymore. It is suddenly possible free speech might be restored. Still, you’re sure the dam will hold. The mighty walls of deceit and intimidation you’ve built can’t fall.

And then, Kamala Harris, who has never won a primary, is anointed and God help you, she’s allowed to speak in public. Donald Trump is elected, Elon Musk and Big Balls are appointed and allowed to run rampant in previously untouchable files, and the walls come a tumblin’ down.

There’s only one thing left to do before you’re fired, your security clearance is revoked and you’re locked out of all access to your previous tools of blackmail, extortion and power: destroy the evidence!

Journalist Michael Shellenberger has exposed so much corruption over the past several years, we've learned that when he drops a bomb on Twitter, it's usually worth paying attention to and it is usually HUGE.

From the scandal of the Twitter files to the lies and falsified research at WPATH regarding 'gender-affirming care' to, most recently, the fraud he documented at USAID, when Shellenberger announces something, we tend to listen.

His latest nuke dropped on Twitter involves the FBI. This news is early in development and he has only written very briefly about it so far, but it sure sounds like he -- and a noted FBI whistleblower -- have some interesting and incriminating things to say to Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and newly named Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino.

Shellenberger was prompted to post the tweet amid a conversation between Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and conservative pundit Charlie Kirk involving corruption at the CIA and other intelligence agencies ... and whatever sick things are going on at the NSA right now.

The whistleblower Shellenberger mentioned in his tweet is former FBI agent Garrett O'Boyle, who previously testified before Congress about the weaponization of the FBI under the Biden administration and the retribution the agency took on him and others for exposing its actions, despite whistleblower protection laws.

Elon Musk was surely already aware of this, and with Kash Patel, is dealing with it. His one word comment speaks volumes:

I don’t presume to know computers on the level of Musk’s whiz kids, but I suspect this is right:

I share Shellenberger’s sentiment:

Generally speaking, anyone who destroys evidence of a crime becomes, at the least, an accessory after the fact to that crime even if they didn’t actively participate in it. With such people, there is always the possibility of conspiracy charges, and depending on the nature of the crimes, treason. The FBI is a primary agency charged with defending national security, and our enemies offer many temptations for those willing to betray America beyond the perks and power of being an American Stasi.

Cutting the infection out of the federal government was always going to be a herculean task. We’re discovering, day by day, just how daunting it is and only massive arrests and prosecutions of every one of those who have betrayed America can have any hope of deterring future offenses.

If people like O’Boyle, all the other whistleblowers and Shellenberger aren’t eventually lauded as genuine heroes, we’ll know the Swamp has not really been reformed. God help us if it isn’t.

Crushing “our democracy” and restoring our representative, constitutional republic depend upon it.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-hides-evidence-being-fbi 


Kash....
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Mr. Jones
a year ago
Excellent article DMV...

"AMERICAN STASI AGENCY"....
AKA F.B.I.

SHOULD BE THEIR NEW CALL LETTERS!!!

"A.S.A." = F.B.I.

HIS ACCUSATIONS, PARAGRAPHS AND OBSERVATIONS
"READ LIKE A PLAYBOOK OF ACCUSATIONS" I HAVE POSTED ON C-BID FORUMS... HERE SINCE 2013?14?...
JGKAMIN
a year ago
These guys are a little slow to catch on, Bondi and Kash aren’t going to play their little games.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/epstein-files-pam-bondi-sends-fiery-note-kash-patel-accusing-fbi-withholding-docs 
MACS
a year ago
This is something that Trump has NOT delivered on. Release the information. Redactions ONLY for victims. Nothing else and noone else. Release it ALL for the world to see.

Same with the JFK files. Enough with the stalling. Just do it.[ram27bat]
JGKAMIN
a year ago

This is something that Trump has NOT delivered on. Release the information. Redactions ONLY for victims. Nothing else and noone else. Release it ALL for the world to see.

Same with the JFK files. Enough with the stalling. Just do it.[ram27bat]

MACS wrote:


https://vault.fbi.gov/jeffrey-epstein 
DrMaddVibe
a year ago
All of that was pretty much released before.
ZRX1200
a year ago
Pretty curious how this SDNY vs DOJ is going to reveal.
DrMaddVibe
a year ago
Bondi and Patel are working in unison.

It's about to get warm in SDNY.
DrMaddVibe
a year ago
SO DAMNED WARM....


Head Of NY FBI Office Forced To Resign Amid Epstein File Controversy


Days after Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that FBI agents out of the New York Field Office withheld thousands of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case - after an utterly botched rollout of the "Epstein Files," the head of the NY Field Office, James Dennehy, was 'forced to resign' - and says he wasn't given any explanation for the decision from Washington.

"Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did. I was not given a reason for this decision," wrote Dennehy, a US Marine Corps veteran, in a missive obtained by the NY Post. According to Dennehy, who apologized for the abruptness of his resignation (firing). Dennehy had also told staffers to "dig in" after officials who investigated the Jan. 6 riots at the US capitol were forced out of their roles.

"Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy," read that email.


Epstein Files

Following the lame Thursday rollout of the so-called Epstein files which contained nothing new of import, Bondi asked the FBI to release all the withheld files by Friday morning without omissions - asking Director Kash Patel to also investigate why thousands of Epstein documents were withheld by the agency.

"Late yesterday, l learned from a source that the FBI Field Office in New York was in possession of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein," Bondi wrote in the letter. "Despite my repeated requests, the FBI never disclosed the existence of the files."

Bondi then wrote to Patel: "You will deliver to me a comprehensive report of your findings and proposed personnel action within 14 days."

Patel, in response, wrote on X that the FBI was "entering a new era—one that will be defined by integrity, accountability, and the unwavering pursuit of justice," adding "There will be no cover-ups, no missing documents, and no stone left unturned."

The disappointing release drew response from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who leads a House Republican task force on government transparency.

"I nor the task force were given or reviewed the Epstein documents being released today," Luna posted on X in response to the lame Thursday Epstein files release. "This is not what we or the American people asked for and a complete disappointment."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/head-ny-fbi-office-forced-resign-amid-epstein-file-controversy 


5 things I did last week by James Dennehy:

1. Dive bombed into the petty cash vault like Scrooge McDuck

2. Pretended like I didn't see Mr. Musk's original email requesting this email.

3. Laughed with the whole office while Patel and Bondi asked for all of the Epstein Files.

4. Investigated who took the butterscotch pudding cups out of the break room fridge.

5. Packed up my office because I had to resign.


[frypan] [whip] [frypan]
DrMaddVibe
a year ago
Meanwhile back at the ranch...


FBI Informant Made Nearly $666K Posing As Terrorist



Newly unsealed court records reveal that a confidential informant made $665,638.63 over roughly the last eight years working for the FBI—with one of his recent assignments being to pose as an Iraqi terrorist.

“[Confidential Human Source 1] has been working with the FBI since approximately 2014. CHS1 has no prior arrests/convictions or negative reporting. CHS1 is working with the FBI based on patriotism as well as monetary benefits,” the FBI disclosed in an Oct. 2022 criminal complaint that was just unsealed last Thursday.

“CHS1 has done extensive work for the FBI beyond this case, and the CHS1’s total compensation for work performed and the reimbursement of expenses over the past approximately 8 years is in excess of $665,638.63.”

Last Thursday’s bombshell disclosure came in the case of former Navy sailor Xuanyu Harry Pang, 38, a naturalized citizen from China who was residing in North Chicago. Pang pled guilty last November to conspiring to and attempting to willfully harm the national defense of the United States—and his guilty plea was just ordered unsealed last Thursday.

The details of Pang’s case are wild.

According to the Justice Department, Pang, who enlisted in the Navy in February 2022, was an associate of an unnamed individual in Colombia. Pang and the Colombian were allegedly conspiring to attack the U.S. to avenge the death of Qasem Soleimani, a general of the IRGC Quds Force who was killed by the Trump administration in 2020

Court records don’t explain Pang or the Colombian’s interest in avenging Soleimani, but they do say that the Colombian has links to the National Liberation Army, a Marxist-Leninist guerilla organization formed in 1964.

While their motivations are unclear, Pang and the Colombian’s conspiracy allegedly included a plot to smuggle radioactive polonium into the country, according to the FBI. The Colombian allegedly told Pang in 2022 that the polonium would “detonate” in a major U.S. city within a year—something that obviously never happened.

The FBI purportedly discovered the above-mentioned conspiracy when agent executed a search warrant on Pang’s online activity in April 2022, two months after he enlisted in the Navy. Court records don’t indicate why the FBI sought the warrant in the first place.

After executing the search on Pang, an FBI undercover employee posing as an Iraqi Shia militant group commander contacted the Colombian in July 2022. The unnamed Colombia allegedly agreed to help the covert FBI employee and his purported associates with their operation to conduct the attack in the U.S. Pang was looped in on the plot, and he agreed to help, too, according to the FBI.

That’s when the FBI informant came into the picture. According to court records, the FBI informant met in person with Pang at least three times, posing as an operative of the Iran-backed Iraqi paramilitary group, Kata’ib Hizballah. Their first meeting was in September 2022.

Pang and continued to talk to the phony Iraqi operative over the next few weeks. The criminal complaint against Pang shows that the FBI informant was pushing him into a plot to attack military bases—but that Pang was reluctant.

One purported conversation went as follows:

CHS1: So, you mentioned some military places. Is it closer from here?

PANG: Not that close.

CHS1: No?

PANG: Two hours.

CHS1: [Unintelligible]

PANG: Those places, impossible.

CHS1: Really?

PANG: Because the military places have this heavily…heavily guarded…

CHS1: Yeah.

PANG: …heavily guarded. And you have only two people coming? You can’t …won’t be able to get through a gate.

CHS1: Yeah. You’re right.

PANG: So…

CHS1: Do you think you can do some search of these places just in case?

PANG: I’ll look it up.

Eventually, Pang did send surveillance footage of a Navy base, according to the FBI. Pang also allegedly showed the FBI informant footage of inside the base during an in-person meeting in October 2022.

“PANG initiated the meeting with CHS1 to discuss more details about the plot to attack the Naval Station Great Lakes and was also aware of the risks of sending photos of the inside of the military base,” the DOJ’s October 2022 criminal complaint stated. “Although aware of these risks, according to CHS1 and the recording, PANG showed photos of what appeared to be areas inside of the U.S. Navy base to CHS1 during their in-person meeting.”

After that Oct. 15, 2022, meeting, the FBI informant paid Pang $3,000 in cash. The informant then asked about acquiring military uniforms to get operatives onto the Navy base to facilitate an attack. Later that month, Pang provided the informant with the uniforms, according to the FBI. Pang also allegedly provided the informant with a cell phone that could be used as a test for a detonator.

The FBI obtained an arrest warrant for Pang the next day on Oct. 16, 2022. For the next two-plus years, the case remained under seal.

At one point, Pang filed an unsuccessful motion to dismiss the charges. The contents of that motion are still unavailable to the public, as are the vast majority of documents from the case.

Pang is set to be sentenced on May 27. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

The DOJ’s case is the latest allegation that Iran conspired to attack the U.S. Last year, the DOJ announced two cases involving a purported plot to assassinate Donald Trump.

To date, the U.S. government has produced no hard evidence of an Iranian plot against Trump. A Pakistani man with ties to Iran was arrested last July for trying to hire an FBI informant as a “hitman,” and another Iranian told the FBI last year that his government was trying to kill Trump—but those cases appear highly dubious, and certainly didn’t pose any real threat to the President.

Additionally, in 2022 the FBI announced an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former national security advisor John Bolton—another case involving someone trying to hire an FBI informant as a hitman.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-informant-made-nearly-666k-posing-terrorist 


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