KRISTI NOEM – FBI IS LEAKING INFO ON IMMIGRATION SWEEP
DHS secretary blames
‘corrupt’ FBI after leak about immigration sweep
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has lashed out at the FBI, blaming it for leaking details of an upcoming large-scale immigration sweep in Los Angeles.
“The FBI is so corrupt,” she said on social media over the weekend, responding to a news account about the looming action. “We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law.”
The Los Angeles Times last week, citing an internal document, reported on plans for a “large-scale” immigration action sometime before the end of the month. The newspaper reported that FBI agents were being “ordered” to help Homeland Security.
The paper didn’t cite the FBI as its source, but Ms. Noem left little doubt who was to While ICE has ramped up its arrests, leaks have also plagued the department. A major ICE operation to go after criminal migrant gang members in Aurora, Colorado, leaked ahead of time last week.blame in her mind.
Steve Friend, a former FBI agent-turned-whistleblower, said on social media that FBI managers “are telling agents not to assist” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the government’s deportation agency.
The Trump administration has sought to use the FBI, U.S. Marshals, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as force multipliers, helping with the torrid pace of immigration arrests in the country’s interior.
But Ms. Noem’s accusation suggests a downside to that expansive effort
.While ICE has ramped up its arrests, leaks have also plagued the department. A major ICE operation to go after criminal migrant gang members in Aurora, Colorado, leaked ahead of time last week.
White House border czar Tom Homan said the leak put at risk the law enforcement officers who were sent out into the community to arrest members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
“We’ve already identified how this operation got leaked,” he said.
New Attorney General Pam Bondi also said the leaks will stop.
“If you leaked it we will find out who you are and we will come after you,” she told Fox News on Sunday.
The FBI is operating without a confirmed director as the Senate works to confirm Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the bureau.
The FBI declined to comment for this story.
But one current FBI employee said the leaks are motivated by ideology.
“These are all the bosses [who are resisting]. This is social justice,” the employee told The Washington Times. “This is the new FBI. This is the FBI versus the DOJ. This whole place is pathetic.”
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