My latest in PJ Media:
As Matt Margolis noted in July, the FBI is “corrupt and needs reform.” This reform became all the more urgent last week, when it was revealed that the feds were far more deeply involved in the January 6 insurrection-that-wasn’t-an-insurrection at the Capitol than had been previously known. But instead of moving to restore its shattered reputation and proving it hasn’t become little more than the far-Left’s muscle, the FBI on Tuesday raided the home of Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) President Ed Mullins, a Trump supporter and outspoken critic of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
According to the New York Daily News, the raid “also targeted the police union’s Lower Manhattan headquarters.” The FBI confirmed that it was “carrying out a law enforcement action in connection with an ongoing investigation” into the 13,000-member SBA. Said de Blasio: “All I have been told is the FBI has raided the SBA HQ and it’s in connection with an ongoing investigation, but we don’t have further details on that at this moment.”
The mayor couldn’t resist, however, kicking Mullins while he was down: “A lot of what he’s done has been really, really destructive — especially in the middle of a crisis where we’re trying to unify and we’re trying to get through together. I think he’s been a divisive voice. … All I hear is the FBI raid. I want to hear the details before I comment further.”
Mullins aroused de Blasio’s ire when he posted the arrest report of Chiara de Blasio, the mayor’s daughter, on Twitter; Chiara de Blasio was arrested in May 2020 during the George Floyd riots in Manhattan. According to the Daily News, Mullins was accused of “violating department rules” in disclosing Chiara’s private information, while his lawyer, Andrew Quinn, noted that the report had already been publicized and stated: “We see this case an attempt to chill Ed Mullins’s First Amendment rights.”
Amid the controversy, Mullins “vowed to continue speaking out whenever he believes cops are vilified or mistreated” and declared: “De Blasio’s City Hall has been at war with cops since his first days in office. Charges against union activism that City Hall doesn’t like — speaking truth to those who claim power — is sadly what we’ve come to expect from this administration.”
Mullins has made other enemies as well. Former mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, who previously had worked for de Blasio, excoriated Mullins for alleged “racism.” And in May 2020, New York’s then-Health Department Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Babot declared “I don’t give two rats’ a**es about your cops” in response to a request for more masks for the police. Mullins tweeted in response: “Truth is this b***h has blood on her hands but why should anyone be surprised the NYPD has suffered under DeBlasio since he became Mayor.”
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gregbeetham says
It looks like the FBI has become politicised instead of focussing on the law according to the constitution but who are they working for?
maria says
the present FBI is more like KGB and Gestapo. FBI must be cleaned.. Start by Strzok, Page, Comey, and all the other tops.
And the same goes for CIA-there is still a shadow creature a crypto muslim John Brennan
gregbeetham says
The last thing America (and the free world) needs is the FBI and the CIA going rogue with some unknown charter. Who is going to hold them accountable?
LB says
JFK tried and look what happened to him. The Deep State is not going down without a fight. They react especially violently when you threaten to blow the lid on of some of their more… “irregular” business ventures involving… “little” people. Many were heart-attacked, accidented, robbery-gone-wronged, random-attacked and, most recently, suicided for trying to do so.
mortimer says
The corrupted, politically-meddling FBI and CIA and certain newspapers and TV networks seem to working in harmony to slander and demonize all political opposition and deprive them of access to broadcast their message, thus resulting in one-sided propaganda from the media that are controlled and co-operating with the FBI and CIA and their agents in the congress and senate.
This motley cabal are CALUMNIATING all of the dissenting voices and seeking to silence them in a Soviet-style conspiracy. I never thought that the United States could be taken over by the secret police, but I see more and more evidence that it is happening.
I hope that it isn’t too late to stop this . The swamp must be drained of this fascistic cabal of power-hungry madmen.
Infidel says
When I hear the ‘Abolish the police’ slogan, there is one part of it that I do agree w/: the FBI. That department has morphed into a 21st Century, American KGB, and the sooner it’s stamped out, the better. This story is about the NYPD Sargeants’ union, but now, Merrick Garland – who thankfully was blocked from SCOTUS – has asked the FBI to go after parents who show up at school board meetings. Our government is fast resembling the regime of Josef Stalin
James Lincoln says
Infidel,
You are correct about the FBI.
There is definite rot, mostly at the top.
That being said, I know a fair number of truly wonderful bread-and-butter FBI field agents who are true American Patriots – and hate the rot at the agency…
gravenimage says
Corruption? FBI Raids Home of NYPD Sergeants’ Union Head Who Criticized de Blasio and Cuomo
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This certainly sounds concerning, unless the FBI actually had a goo reason (besides harassment).
Egor says
Nothing has changed The previous Democratic Presidency used to use the IRS to attack thos who were outspoken against them. So now tthey are using that corrupt organisation – the FBI.
OLD GUY says
The FBI has been a political muscle unit going back to the 1930s. J.E. Hoover had files on all major politicians and used them to maintain his power at the FBI along with supporting his political views.
The Internal Revenue Services has been used to attack political opponents and organizations to silence or block their voices.
The leaders of these Government Agencies and political leaders that appoint them to office, protect their interest and political positions. POWER and GREED are hard to keep out of Government and while our Congress has Committees that are supposed to be the watchdogs over these agencies they too part of the political system controlled by the political parties.
Those in power will always corrupt the system to maintain their POWER.
Richard Courtemanche says
FBI, dishonourable. Destroy and rebuild when Trump gets back in.