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FBI agent Steve Friend, who blew whistle
on Jan. 6 investigation, is fired from
agency after veiled threat to Director
Kash Patel

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Posted By: JoElla Bee, 12/13/2025 6:28:28 PM

WASHINGTON — A former FBI agent who was suspended under the Biden administration and was reinstated under President Trump to much fanfare has been ousted again, The Post has learned. FBI whistleblower Steve Friend issued what was deemed to be a threat against Director Kash Patel on a podcast hosted by ex-FBI agent Kyle Seraphin last week and that outburst helped cost him his job on Saturday, bureau insiders told the Post. Friend gained fame for claiming he was wrongly placed on leave by ex-FBI Director Chris Wray for exposing problems with the Jan. 6 investigation

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Reply 1 - Posted by: thefield 12/13/2025 7:28:53 PM (No. 2040927)
Does being fired screw up a persons civil service pension?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Maggie2u 12/13/2025 8:12:59 PM (No. 2040944)
You kind of wonder what in the world is going on. First, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, this guy and Marjorie Taylor Green (though to be honest she always seemed to have a screw loose.) But we, so far, have ended up with John Fetterman.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: mc squared 12/13/2025 9:39:16 PM (No. 2040962)
#2: So true.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: jimincalif 12/13/2025 9:50:59 PM (No. 2040966)
With Friends like that…
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Reply 5 - Posted by: danu 12/13/2025 10:24:34 PM (No. 2040972)
another round of unserious behaviours? i was raised to believe the 2 important postings in an administration were ag and fbi.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: anniebc 12/14/2025 6:11:19 PM (No. 2041266)
The DC bureaucracy is a hot stinkin' mess.
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