Washington, D.C. – A senior FBI official has abruptly resigned, The Washington Times reported late Monday, amidst allegations he showed improper political bias during the bureau's investigation into information recovered from the hard drive of a laptop left by Hunter Biden in a Delaware computer repair shop.
Timothy Thibault, an assistant special agent in charge in the FBI's Washington field office was “forced to leave his post” the paper reported in an exclusive, saying two former bureau officials familiar with the situation had provided the information and description of his departure.
Citing eyewitness accounts provided by one of them, Thibault was escorted from the building by “two or three ‘headquarters-looking types,'” wrote the reporters who broke the story, Kerry Pickett and Jeff Mordock.
“It is not clear whether Thibault left on his own accord or was forced out of the bureau. The 25-year FBI veteran was on leave for at least a month over revelations about political statements he made while leading the public corruption unit,” Pickett and Mordock wrote.
The now apparently disgraced former agent has for some time been at the center of criticism levied by GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill over what some have called “anti-Trump remarks” he made in social media posts in 2020 — at the same time, he was reportedly helping lead the FBI's probe of the younger Biden's activities during then-former Vice President Joe Biden's ultimately successful presidential bid.
Whether the FBI conducted the inquiry fairly and dispassionately or put its thumb on the scale in a bid to damage Donald Trump's reelection bid has been hotly disputed in many quarters. The documents found on the younger Biden's laptop revealed what the Times referred to as “shady business dealings and potential influence peddling” that on their face appeared politically damaging. Public speculation on the matter, which reached a near-fever pitch following several stories broken by the New York Post was quickly suppressed after some influential social media platforms used technology available to them to suppress the spread of the story.
During recent testimony before the Senate, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray dodged questions about Thibault and his posts, Pickett and Mordock wrote, calling them “ongoing personnel matters” that he could not discuss. During the hearing, Wray also “downplayed” Thibault's connection to the Hunter Biden probe.
Thibault's departure could in coming days prove to strengthen the hand of those who claim the FBI and other federal agents exhibited a pronounced anti-Trump bias ever since the New York real estate developer and former reality television star emerged as the upset winner of the 2016 presidential election.
“One of the former officials, a whistleblower talking to the House Judiciary Committee, was placed on indefinite suspension last year by the bureau because he attended the ‘Stop the Steal' rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The rally preceded a pro-Trump mob storming of the Capitol. The former official said he never entered the Capitol,” Pickett and Mordock wrote.
The paper also quoted a statement by former President Donald Trump made after the news of Thibault's departure from the agency broke. “The fired agent who was just escorted out of the FBI headquarters is the person who got the FBI to do a Raid on a home, Mar-a-Lago, that has ‘stirred' the World and created anger and hostility toward the FBI and DOJ the likes of which has perhaps never been seen in our Country before.”
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Thibault is corrupt but so are others at the top of the FBI. Wray should be perp walked out of the building or perhaps to jail.
Do they expect us to believe Mr. Thibault who was with the FBI for 25 years initiated the coveriup of Hunter Biden’s laptop without telling Chrisltopher Wray? This would be the same if a colonel or brigadier general designed a plan to enter the President’s house and didn’t tell the Chief of Staff. What a joke!
Well the FBI needed a patsy and they had one. They knew he was corrupt a long time ago. This is all about salvaging votes for the Democrats. Christopher Wray still has not arrested Hunter yet keep that in mind. Garland is not going to allow that to happen. Wray and Garland need to be arrested for abuse of power. Until these two are dealt with, this means nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Can more depart??
Another swamp critter dutifully falls on the sword, mission accomplished. He’ll be a MSNBC political analyst in no time.
or CNN
So what is an Assistant Special Agent? FBI has more “Assistants” than any organization I’ve ever seen.
Cut it seventy five percent and it would still be too big but DEFUND FBI NOW!
We are suppose to respect the DOJ opinions when they the protect the biden crime family, when the big gut gets 10% of all the Chinese actions from Hunter! TWO YEARS HAVE GONE BYE ,CORRUPT FBI, DOJ LOOKING INTO HUNTER BIDEN CRIME FAMILY, WTF? THE GREATEST CRIME INVESTIGATORS ON THE PLANET. The on;y ones getting fxxxed here are the taxpayers,WHAT A CROOK OF POLITICAL SXXX YOU WANT TOO TALK ABOUT YOUR INTEGRITY? LET ME GUESS YOU FIND THIS TROUBLING. Big guys crime family sold out America for personal financial gain.yet investigations have stopped that should be ongoing , after the midterms, this makes the FBI democrats part pf the biden crime family, also the FBI, DOJ, for covering up their oblivious international crime family corruption.
Bull it was the top 5 all need Fired Immediately all benefits canceled no retirement No nothing , prosecuted for the deception, lies, this guy is a sacrifice to seem like they are doing right .
This is supposed to mollify Conservatives? There needs to be more than one head rolling. The entire FBI upper management needs to be replaced. The same at every federal government agency.
Biden bid for the Presidency was not a bid, it was a stolen election and the World now know it with overwhelming evidence… See it on Frank Speech
This is the sacrificial lamb. He is dirty, but, he is one of many and Wray is at the top of the heap. The entire FBI needs a cleaning, starting with that smug, arrogant scumbag Wray. He can act like he was unaware of all this B.S. but, he is ether a liar, or shouldn’t be in charge of an agency he can’t handle. He makes Comey look honest and we all know that “aint” ever going to be true. The once revered FBI is not a cesspool of dirty biased hacks .Political hacks. Time to clean house. Thank you Whistle blowers for finally exposed these humps. For the FBI agents that are honest , hard working men nd women, Thank you for your service. The rest of this trash needs to be held responsible for yheir dirty deeds, and loose their jobs and their pensions, at the the least!
All corrupt.
I don’t buy it. Thibault resigned for show. They will give him a better job later. If Merrick Garland ever resigns, they will make him Atty General.
Pretty ineffective slap on the wrist at this point. I wonder how much he was paid to accept being the scapegoat?