{"id":3823,"date":"2025-05-05T12:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2025-05-05T12:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:33:18","slug":"patel-suspends-fbi-official-who-helped-lead-russian-collusion-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=3823","title":{"rendered":"Patel Suspends FBI Official Who Helped Lead \u2018Russian Collusion\u2019 Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI has placed analyst Brian Auten on administrative leave, according to a report Friday, following his inclusion on what Director Kash Patel has called his \u201cenemies list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>New York Times<\/em> reported Auten\u2019s suspension came after disciplinary action over errors in surveillance warrant applications involving a former Trump campaign adviser. Auten had worked on two high-profile cases that angered Trump and Patel: the 2016 Russian interference probe and the analysis of Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop. The latter, initially dismissed as Russian disinformation, was later verified, but the FBI did not act. In related news, a DHS intelligence group tied to denying the laptop story was shut down after a lawsuit claimed it violated federal law by lacking political balance and favoring Biden allies, some of whom signed a letter dismissing the laptop\u2019s authenticity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1911117510176350424&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fpatel-who-90783%2F&amp;sessionId=95ed212bca3022d0b4102941ffd0d7f5588ac463&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1911117510176350424\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI has placed analyst Brian Auten on administrative leave, according to a report Friday, following his inclusion on what Director Kash Patel has called his \u201cenemies&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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