FBI Whistleblower Steve Friend • The Weaponization of the FBI

Steve Friend is an author, podcast host, and former state and federal law enforcement officer with more than a decade of law enforcement experience. Steve became an FBI whistleblower in 2022 after making protected disclosures to Congress about the FBI’s questionable and manipulative investigations of January 6th protestors. Steve is the author of “True Blue: My Journey from Beat Cop to Suspended FBI Whistleblower.” https://amzn.to/3VuKMG8

00:00 Introduction and Concerns about FBI Management
04:46 Personal Experiences, Suspensions, and Investigations
09:31 Quota System and Shift to Domestic Threats
12:44 Multiplication of Cases and Intelligence Investigations
15:50 Targeting Various Groups and Lack of Whistleblower Protections
19:39 Promotions, Lack of Expertise, and Controversial Appointments
23:01 FBI Jet, Lies, and Lack of Transparency 26:53 Martin Niemoller Poem and Regret for Silence
29:41 Taking Action and Addressing Cold Civil War
32:13 Controversial Topics and Importance of Political Discussions
34:21 Sanctuary County Initiative and Urgency for Change
36:19 Defunding the FBI and Need for Whistleblower Protections

Stephen Friend had his dream job as an FBI special agent. After nearly a decade of combating violent crime, human trafficking, and child predators, he was reassigned to the FBI’s unprecedented investigation of the political unrest at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Friend soon uncovered efforts by the FBI and Department of Justice to manipulate statistics and exaggerate the nationwide threat of domestic terrorism.

Friend spotlighted how the politicized FBI was cooking the books to support an ongoing narrative from the Joe Biden administration to label Donald Trump voters as violent extremists. Friend witnessed overzealous practices to harass conservative Americans and realized the FBI was turning its investigative processes into a punishment.