From Fox News: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s lead agent probing the second assassination attempt on former President Trump’s life allegedly posted anti-Trump rhetoric on social media, according to a whistleblower’s account to Congress last year – though the bureau calls these claims “demonstrably false.”
Jeffrey Veltri is the FBI’s special agent in charge of its Miami bureau, which oversees neighboring areas, such as West Palm Beach, where suspect Ryan Routh was arrested on Sunday after being accused of pointing a gun at the former president and current GOP presidential nominee.
Veltri took the podium during a Monday press conference, reassuring the public that the FBI was digging in and investigating thoroughly.
“We view this as extremely serious and are determined to provide answers as to what led up to the events that took place,” Veltri said.
The report explains that Veltri was promoted as the special agent in charge of the Miami field office in March 2023.
However, soon after Veltri’s appearance on Monday, attention was drawn to a November 2023 report by the Washington Times, which stated that, according to a whistleblower, “Top FBI officials ordered an agent to scrub his Facebook page to delete anti-Trump vitriol before they would promote him to head the bureau’s Miami field office.”
The Times wrote:
The whistleblower called Mr. Veltri “adamantly and vocally anti-Trump” and said FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, Deputy Director Paul Abbate and Executive Assistant Director Jennifer Moore were involved in directing Mr. Veltri to cleanse his social media.
The whistleblower said the bureau leaders weren’t concerned about Mr. Veltri’s “bias against Trump” but whether “information related to Veltri’s political bias can be removed from the public domain.”
The whistleblower said Mr. Veltri, who served as acting deputy assistant director of the bureau’s security division until March, also oversaw efforts to suspend agents’ security clearances if they seemed to be a “right-wing radical.”
The FBI reportedly denied the whistleblower’s allegations.
FBI agent had to erase public vitriol on Trump; Mar-a-Lago in field office’s jurisdictionhttps://t.co/oGYR6ohzkA pic.twitter.com/1vaWRlaRr7
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) September 17, 2024
Conservatives are sounding the alarm about Veltri on social media:
This is partially why. Seriously, the FBI is not the organization who should be investigating this assassination attempt and most definitely not this guy. @LeeSmithDC pic.twitter.com/auugYGA62k
— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) September 15, 2024
JUST IN: The FBI official who just briefed America about the latest Trump assassinat*on investigation, Jeffrey Veltri, is a notorious Trump hater.
Veltri, the head of FBI Miami Field Office, was so outspoken about his Trump-deranged Facebook posts that agents were ordered to… pic.twitter.com/e5IvPTulW0
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 16, 2024
He was also the Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s Security Division at the time the so-called “Trump Questionnaire” was used. His bias against conservatives and those of his deputy, Dena Perkins, permeated the unit. https://t.co/VwowSgqtfh
— Tristan Leavitt (@tristanleavitt) September 15, 2024
‘Vocally anti-Trump’ FBI agent leading probe of Florida assassination attempt: whistleblower https://t.co/Ey7rATDENU
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 18, 2024
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