🧵 One FBI. Two bad apples. BOTH from the same family.
Recently fired Special Agent Walter Giardina — who orchestrated my wrongful arrest — and his FATHER-IN-LAW former FBI Deputy Director Larry A. Potts.
This is the chilling saga of 2 disgraced agents linked by blood who have forever stained the Bureau’s reputation.
Recently fired Special Agent Walter Giardina — who orchestrated my wrongful arrest — and his FATHER-IN-LAW former FBI Deputy Director Larry A. Potts.
This is the chilling saga of 2 disgraced agents linked by blood who have forever stained the Bureau’s reputation.
2/ Bad apple Larry Potts was FBI’s #2, demoted after two of the deadliest failures in Bureau history: Ruby Ridge and Waco.
3/ At Ruby Ridge, Potts was in the oversight chain when the FBI adopted special “rules of engagement” stating: “Any armed adult male… could and should be shot.”
It was a license to kill.
It was a license to kill.
4/ Randy Weaver’s 14-year-old son shot dead. Vicki Weaver shot in the head holding her infant daughter.
Potts didn’t receive so much as a censure until 1995—and was still promoted that same year to Deputy Director by his friend, FBI Director Louis Freeh.
Apparently, sh*t rolls uphill at the FBI.
Potts didn’t receive so much as a censure until 1995—and was still promoted that same year to Deputy Director by his friend, FBI Director Louis Freeh.
Apparently, sh*t rolls uphill at the FBI.
5/ Then came Waco, 1993.
A 51-day siege. Armored vehicles. Tear gas.
It ended in a massive fire. 76 men, women, and children died. Potts helped oversee the debacle.
A 51-day siege. Armored vehicles. Tear gas.
It ended in a massive fire. 76 men, women, and children died. Potts helped oversee the debacle.
6/ Facing backlash, Freeh demoted the same friend he had just promoted.
But it wouldn’t be Potts' last scandal - “Pottsgate” soon followed.
To expense attendance at Potts' lavish retirement dinner, FBI senior managers created fake paperwork for a fake “ethics conference” at Quantico.
But it wouldn’t be Potts' last scandal - “Pottsgate” soon followed.
To expense attendance at Potts' lavish retirement dinner, FBI senior managers created fake paperwork for a fake “ethics conference” at Quantico.
7/ Falsify records as a field agent? You’re fired.
Do it for the boss’s party? You get a wrist slap—and a pension.
Potts retired in 1997. The rot and corruption that defined his tenure remained.
Do it for the boss’s party? You get a wrist slap—and a pension.
Potts retired in 1997. The rot and corruption that defined his tenure remained.
8/ Here’s the “you can’t make this up” part:
Potts is the father-in-law of Walter Giardina—the same FBI agent who staged my handcuffs, leg irons, and circus airport arrest in 2022.
Potts is the father-in-law of Walter Giardina—the same FBI agent who staged my handcuffs, leg irons, and circus airport arrest in 2022.
9/ Whistleblowers—backed by documents released by Sen. Chuck Grassley—have linked Giardina to:
— The Steele Dossier
— Crossfire Hurricane
— The Mueller Probe
— The Egypt “Red Maasari” Hoax
— Operation Arctic Frost
— The Steele Dossier
— Crossfire Hurricane
— The Mueller Probe
— The Egypt “Red Maasari” Hoax
— Operation Arctic Frost
10/ Giardina allegedly vouched for the fabricated Hillary-funded Steele Dossier.
Served on Mueller’s special counsel witch hunt team.
Allegedly may have wiped his Bureau-issued laptop.
Then staged my circus-style airport ambush—for the cameras.
Turns out, Giardina is at the center of nearly EVERY lawfare attempt to stop Donald Trump.
Served on Mueller’s special counsel witch hunt team.
Allegedly may have wiped his Bureau-issued laptop.
Then staged my circus-style airport ambush—for the cameras.
Turns out, Giardina is at the center of nearly EVERY lawfare attempt to stop Donald Trump.
11/ Senator Grassley once named Larry Potts a symbol of toxic FBI culture.
Now he’s blown the whistle on Potts’ own son-in-law Giardina.
Two decades apart. Same senator. Same warnings. Same Bureau rot. Same family names.
You can’t make this up.
Now he’s blown the whistle on Potts’ own son-in-law Giardina.
Two decades apart. Same senator. Same warnings. Same Bureau rot. Same family names.
You can’t make this up.
12/ This isn’t just about me or President Trump.
It’s about a lawless, unaccountable FBI—and the corrupt political protection racket it became.
We must not let that stand. Lock THEM up.
Start with an investigation of Walter Giardina.
It’s about a lawless, unaccountable FBI—and the corrupt political protection racket it became.
We must not let that stand. Lock THEM up.
Start with an investigation of Walter Giardina.
🚨Get the full story in my new piece in the @DailyCaller
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