Republicans Hail 'Patriotic' FBI Agent Who Refused To Work On Jan. 6 Cases

"WASHINGTON ― Republicans are praising an FBI agent who said he was suspended by the agency for refusing to participate in cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol."

"For Republicans, the whistleblower is supposed to illuminate yet another example of the Justice Department persecuting President Joe Biden’s political opponents."

"But it turns out the whistleblower — a special agent out of Jacksonville, Florida, named Stephen Friend — happens to think Capitol rioters did not necessarily commit crimes. And he says that they can’t get fair trials in Washington, D.C., they suffer too much in jail, and the FBI set a double standard for Hillary Clinton. He believes those things so fervently that he refused to participate in any Jan. 6 cases, and that’s why he got put on leave."

"In other words, the case would seem to be an instance of politics interfering with law enforcement, but not in the way Republicans advertised."

Full Article: [huffpost.com]