This is par for the course with this justice department. After ICE agents killed Renee Good, rather than investigating her death, they chose to investigate her partner for anti-government sentiments instead.
If someone points out their wrongdoing, rather than take it seriously and work to purge their organization of corruption, they maliciously attack the people who pointed it out.
Massive amount of slowly boiling frog going on here. Freedom of the press? What a quaint notion. Reminiscent of the time when people used to believe in the constitution. Remember those days?
> FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson denied the investigation to MS NOW, saying, “This is completely false. No such investigation like this exists and the reporter you mention is not being investigated at all.
That sets up two binary possibilities, somewhat unusual for a story like this.
MSNBC is marginally center-left and they’re broadly considered to follow mainstream journalistic standards. Whether or not you personally dislike them, it’s highly unlikely that they ran a story citing sources who don’t exist and the text makes it clear that their reporting is based on that information and has not been confirmed independently.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 42.2 ms ] threadFBI investigating leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel
If someone points out their wrongdoing, rather than take it seriously and work to purge their organization of corruption, they maliciously attack the people who pointed it out.
That sets up two binary possibilities, somewhat unusual for a story like this.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/06/louise-lucas-fbi-vi...