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2026-01-24 Government Corruption

Director Kash Patel Fires FBI Agents Linked to Lawfare Against Trump

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-24 03:50|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1807 views ] Top
File under: Lawfare

1 Biden's FBI paid anti-Trump 'Sedition Hunters' as informants in J6, Arctic Frost probes, memos show

"The Biden-era FBI made more than $100,000 in payments to informants who were members of an anonymous group of tech sleuths known as the "Sedition Hunters" to gather and analyze video evidence in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and Arctic Frost probes despite the group’s significant anti-Trump fervor and known ties to foreigners, according to memos reviewed by Just the News.

The payments are due to be disclosed by FBI Director Kash Patel to Congress along with acknowledged concerns that the Christopher Wray-run bureau’s approval of certain members of the Sedition Hunters as confidential human sources may have violated bureau policies in the Domestic Investigation and Operations Guide (DIOG) concerning informant bias, informant secrecy, foreign influence, and contracting transparency, officials said.

The Biden-era FBI made more than $100,000 in payments to informants who were members of an anonymous group of tech sleuths known as the "Sedition Hunters" to gather and analyze video evidence in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and Arctic Frost probes despite the group’s significant anti-Trump fervor and known ties to foreigners, according to memos reviewed by Just the News.

The payments are due to be disclosed by FBI Director Kash Patel to Congress along with acknowledged concerns that the Christopher Wray-run bureau’s approval of certain members of the Sedition Hunters as confidential human sources may have violated bureau policies in the Domestic Investigation and Operations Guide (DIOG) concerning informant bias, informant secrecy, foreign influence, and contracting transparency, officials said.

Government officials said group members were first engaged in January 2021, just days after the Capitol riot, to assist making arrests in the January 6 case by identifying potential defendants using facial recognition software. The group members received at least $150,000 in payments for that work and other work related to the Arctic Frost probe into whether Trump supporters violated the law by promoting alternate electors to be considered for the certification of the 2020 election.

Biden-era FBI knew paid foreigners were using spyware to identify J6 arrestees
One of the earliest emails from the FBI’s Washington field office that oversaw that work showed the FBI was clearly aware the group had foreign connections and may actually be using software from overseas to identify American citizens for arrest, according to a copy of the email reviewed by Just the News.

The late January 2021 email from the FBI's Washington field office stated that “we have a sedition hunter from the United Kingdom running facial recognition software” with the tipster telling the bureau that this UK-based so-called sedition hunter “just found this possible match” to an alleged January 6 suspect a few minutes prior, sharing the picture with the FBI."

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-24 04:35|| 2026-01-24 04:35|| Front Page Top

2 It seems as if it should not have taken a year for an investigation bureau to identify and fire these clowns. I guess it matches their inability to discover the theft of over half of our budget through corruption and various welfare scams.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-24 09:59|| 2026-01-24 09:59|| Front Page Top

3 ^ It's about building an airtight case, be it a criminal case or justifying firing an employee that may face strict and biased judicial scrutiny.

I suspect much of the work has to be done without alerting the potential target and anyone who might leak it to the press or others on the left.

Some of this may be timed to happen during the late summer or early fall as we get close to the mid term elections.

And yes, I would like to see more arrests now too.

Posted by Chantry 2026-01-24 11:56|| 2026-01-24 11:56|| Front Page Top

4 Courts will soon rule he can't do that.

Posted by Glenmore 2026-01-24 19:12|| 2026-01-24 19:12|| Front Page Top

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