Heh. A couple of people are in trouble for doing something stupid, and now they’re paying for it. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer pair. Yes, we can all laugh now because we knew this was coming. They tried to clear out people they determined were “enemies,” and now it’s come back around and bit them in the arse. Compliments to Raw Story:
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel are facing federal court action over a systematic campaign to purge the bureau of perceived political enemies, according to a lawsuit filed in D.C. District Court, reports CBS News. Three seasoned FBI investigators — Jamie Garman, Blaire Toleman, and Michelle Ball — have sued after being terminated for their work on special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into President Trump. But the litigation signals something far broader: a coordinated political purge affecting at least 50 FBI employees, with numbers expected to grow.
My, my, my. We haven’t heard much about this for a while, but it’s been waiting in the wings of the theater and is peeking its face out. Assuming my memory works, we heard about the possibility of this happening. Well, we now know it did happen. It may have happened in the DoJ, too. Hmmm. I’m almost positive it did. The quantity says a lot. It’s going to say more. Can’t wait!
The lawsuit, filed against Bondi and Patel, is the second such case this month targeting the Justice Department over retaliatory firings connected to the 2020 election investigation, code-named “Arctic Frost.” “Defendants, the current Director of the FBI, Kashyap P. Patel, and Attorney General Pamela J. Bondi, have, since the beginning of 2025, embarked on a public campaign to oust Plaintiffs from federal service because Defendants perceived them to be political opponents—as if fidelity to the law and the proper execution of assignments were somehow hostile partisan acts,” the complaint alleges.
“Defendants have fired more than 50 FBI employees based on their perceived political affiliation, without providing them any modicum of due process, and while disparaging their reputations and service in public statements around the time of the firings,” the lawsuit states.
This suit is being brought by people who really know the law and what they are doing. You can bet their suit is going to be as clean and tight-locked as they can make it. It would be educational to read, even if one had to keep looking up terms to understand them. The Mueller Report and the Jack Smith insurrection report are really something, even though I haven’t finished the Jack Smith document. Sooooo, there is a second lawsuit this month. We must have missed the other one, which is a pity. Time to dig around and see if it can be found.
The scope of alleged political retaliation extends far beyond Trump investigators. The proposed class encompasses employees fired for perceived support of Black Lives Matter, displaying LGBTQ pride flags, maintaining friendships with disfavored employees, being targeted by far-right media personalities, and having internal messages flagged by artificial intelligence reviews.
The last bit of that sentence gave me fits. We all know AI is still in its “babyhood”. And they were using it on employees. Remember what it’s done to children. We’ve lost some because of AI. Then they’re using it in the FBI. That’s more than annoyance. That’s dangerous. That’s a fail. It can’t *do* facial recognition and be on target right now. It’s also interesting to look at the other “problems” listed besides AI. They seem to be mostly “anti-Trump” reasons. That “targeted by” RWNJ media people is ridiculous. Anyone can talk about anyone. Why is it such a big deal?
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Poor decisions! Lordy! A warped sneaker most likely could conjure up better decisions, one would logically conclued.
Warped sneaker. Ahahahaha! A pair of disintegrating jeans? A shirt that it more holes than shirt? We could go on all day 🙂 🙂 🙂