🚨EXCLUSIVE: FBI Agent Fired After Questioning SWAT Use for J6🚨
FBI Special Agent Ben Souther openly expressed concerns that his SWAT team was being used against J6 subjects instead of known violent criminals. A supervisor told him, “If you and your stupid f*****g SWAT buddies don’t want to do this, then you need to find a new place to work”
What happened next? Weaponized FBI Executive Larissa Knapp targeted Souther and he was fired under false pretense. This is the same Larissa Knapp that vindicated FBI BLM kneelers.
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In August 2021, Souther was the youngest SWAT member in FBI Atlanta. He openly expressed concerns about SWAT being used for nonviolent J6 subject instead of violent sex offenders. He was ordered to be part of a team of 40 FBI agents used for a J6 raid.
After Souther questioned the use of SWAT for the J6 raid, the FBI started making unusual accusations against Souther.
Knapp, the Exec Assistant Director of HR, emailed the head of FBI Atlanta about Souther and “impersonating an FBI Agent.” Other agents at the office jokingly asked to check Souther’s gun and credentials to make sure Souther was “actually an FBI agent.”
Since new FBI Agents are on probation for 2 years, Knapp and her cronies rushed to open an internal investigation on Souther and fire him before his 2-year deadline of 10/26/2021. An internal investigation was opened on Souther on 10/1/2021. This is suspicious because Souther had no performance or conduct issues.
Larissa Knapp sent Souther a letter terminating him on 10/25/2021 for “suitability standards.”
But... OPM policy says an FBI agent can only be fired via an SF-50 form and Souther's SF-50 was approved one day late on 10/27/2021 ... the FBI backdated the "effective" date to 10/26/2021 (Souther's last day on probation). Since the FBI considered Souther on probation, he had no due process.
Remember, Larissa Knapp was the same person that falsely vindicated the FBI kneelers at the June 2020 BLM protest saying they were “deescalating” the situation, while video evidence showed them kneeling in solidarity.
Sources also tell us that Knapp was a subject of this DOJ-OIG investigation about an FBI Senior Official improperly getting a job for an ex-spouse at the FBI. The allegation was substantiated. If this is Larissa Knapp, how was she not fired? We issued a FOIA for these records. Knapp retired with full benefits and got a cushy corporate job.
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