Posted on 04/11/2025 8:07:15 PM PDT by CFW
The F.B.I. has suspended an analyst on Kash Patel’s so-called enemies list after Mr. Patel told lawmakers that the bureau under his leadership would stay out of the political fray and not punish employees for partisan reasons.
Last week, the bureau placed the analyst, Brian Auten, on administrative leave, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared retaliation. The reasons for the suspension remain unclear.
The F.B.I. declined to comment. A lawyer for Mr. Auten also declined to comment
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Mr. Auten worked on two major investigations that angered Mr. Trump and Mr. Patel, including the F.B.I.’s investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election. He was also involved in analyzing the information found on Hunter Biden’s laptop, a discovery that roiled the 2020 presidential campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Here is the paywall free version:
F.B.I. Suspends Bureau Employee on Patel’s So-Called Enemies List
Here is the back story on Auten:
Meet the FBI Analyst Behind The Decade’s Biggest Political Disinformation Campaigns
"An intelligence analyst behind the FBI’s botched Trump-Russia collusion probe is now accused of using the bureau’s authority to discredit reports about Hunter Biden’s criminal activity months before the 2020 presidential election.
Meet Brian Auten. The FBI analyst is hardly a household name, but whistleblowers who contacted the office of GOP senator Chuck Grassley say he was behind an August 2020 report that FBI officials used as part of a "scheme…to undermine derogatory information connected to Hunter Biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation."
Auten’s report also caused the FBI "to cease" investigative activity into the younger Biden, according to a letter Grassley sent the Justice Department and FBI."
The unsourced BS.
By Adam Goldman
Says it all.
And to those who will cry about Kash saying he wouldn’t go after people on an “enemies list” when during his confirmation hearing, Elwood Blues says it best:
https://youtu.be/VzykUGonAyg
Auten as key in covering for the Rats and could not be trusted to do his job properly.
“...people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared retaliation...”.
Retaliation from whom?
> The F.B.I. has suspended an analyst on Kash Patel’s so-called enemies list <
I don’t know if The NY Times is doing it on purpose. But that headline sure is making me happy.
👍🏻
OH, YEAH...JUST LOOK AT THE “CRAP” HE WORKED ON!!!
You would have to be an “AOC”, an Omar, a Raskin, a Goldman and on and on ...not to realize THAT WHOEVER THE GOON IS...HE DID A LOUSY JOB WITH ALL THAT ON HIS RESUME.
Seriously, how STUPID AND/OR UNCONSCIOUS DOES THE RAG NEW YORK TIMES THINK WE ARE???
The above mentioned are all VICTIMS...DONCHA KNOW.
way to go, Kash!!!
“according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared retaliation. “
assuming these “sources” weren’t just made up by NYT, they need to be tracked down, fired and charged with criminal offenses ..
Meet the FBI Analyst Behind The Decade’s Biggest Political Disinformation Campaigns
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4083671/posts
Suspended, huh? Not fired.
I’m not saying Trump is repeating the same bad choices he made in his first administration, but we now know Patel to a total tool.
Thanks for link. Nailed him.
Right. Patel was put in place to fire at least 5,000 corrupt agents.
Patel is doing a great job too. Just 4,994 more agents to go.
He may or may not be partisan...
...but he is most definitely the fall guy.
Higher heads need to roll at fibby.
Awwww.
I don’t consider it political. He did wrong. He needed to go.
so called enemies list, the FBI has rot in its ranks that needs to be removed, the NYT is a rot protector
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