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Jul 20, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
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For a long time I've noted that the FBI changed its hiring priorities and practices when Obama was elected. This guy was hired in 2011 when he was 30. Image
Because of the changed priorities, the FBI relaxed the standards for appearance and off-hours behavior in order to accommodate "lifestyle" choices among the now-prioritized recruiting practices.
When a fed. agency relaxes standards for certain demographics in an effort to attract and hire more from that demographic, it has to relax the standards for all.

That is how you end up with this guy carrying an FBI Badge when that would have been impossible prior to 2008.
Up until about 6 years ago, FBI agents were not allowed to have a second job. FBI agents are paid to be available 24/7/365. A second job complicates that availability. This guy apparently operated a gym on land he owned, and served as a personal trainer.
These are the kinds of changes that have accelerated the pace of retirement by agents hired in 1990s.

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Dec 29, 2025
Re the Statute of Limitiations nonsense.

Several months ago I wrote a Substack article on the legal theory that could still bring Obama into the mix as a named defendant in a criminal case.

It lays out how the Statute of Limitations on a Conspiracy can be extended so that acts in the 2016-2020 time period can still be charged.

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Worked on this over the weekend. Supreme Court want no part of this issue -- decides to not decide and leaves it to political branches to take risks.

Paywalled but free trials available -- 16 articles in Dec.

RPs greatly appreciated.
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New article on Trump Admin. efforts to end Temp. Prot. Status for multiple countries.

Why do Dems fight so hard to prevent this?

Votes.

Paywalled by 7 day free trials available.

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Sep 29, 2025
This is a historical look back at Jim Comey's career in DOJ and his time as FBI Director. He was likely always a NeverTrumper and chose to remain as FBI Director under Trump to be the fox inside the henhouse.

Behind a paywall but 7 day free trials are available. RPs appreciated.
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A point that I did not make in the article, but which I've made before -- it was a fundamental violation of his oath under the Constitution to presume that it was his role as FBI Director to investigate whether Trump had views sympathetic to Russia during and/or after the election.
That would have been the prerogative of the Executive after receiving the most electoral votes. If Trump wanted to shift US foreign policy to be more friendly to Russia, it was not the function of the State Dept, CIA, DOJ, or FBI to second guess that and launch efforts to prevent it.
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Jun 26, 2025
Summarizing the hearing in Abrego Garcia where Plaintiffs are seeking an order that he be sent to the District of Maryland if released from custody on criminal case in Tennessee, and ICE takes him into ICE custody as a result.

Judge asks if DOJ has any intention to remove him to El Salvador if released into ICE custody in Tenn. DOJ attorney says removal proceedings will begin, but to a third country, not El Salvador.

DOJ attorney says he has no info on the timing of such a removal -- says "not imminent." Judge says later that timing could be important factor in how she schedules the matters currently before the Court.
Plaintiffs attorney in MD says he doesn't rep. KAG in Tenn case, but is in contact with his attorneys.

Without coming right out and saying so, Judge tells Plaintiffs attorney they need to stop the effort to have him released from USMS custody in criminal case.

Having him go into ICE custody in Tenn will likely set off a chain of events -- ending in removal to a third country that she might be unable to prevent.
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Jun 24, 2025
I'm currently writing a long substack story about Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts and the Supreme Court order yesterday afternoon staying the earlier Preliminary Injunction put in place by Judge Murphy.
Judge Murphy, in April, ordered a halt of removals to Third Countries -- a country other than the deportee's home country -- unless the DHS gave the deportee an opportunity to apply for protection under the Convention Against Torture to that specific Third Country.
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Judge Murphy held in May that DHS had violated the Injunction in a couple of different respects -- details not important here.
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As part of the proceedings involving the violation as he found them, Judge Murphy issued a clarification of what his Injunction prohibited.

He also issued a "Remedial Order" telling DHS what its options were to fix the earlier violation.
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