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From the New York Post: Ex-UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter’s home in upstate New York was raided by the FBI as part of a federal investigation, Wednesday, officials said.
An FBI spokeswoman confirmed to The Post that agents conducted a raid on the Delmar home as part of a federal investigation. She declined to comment further, citing the ongoing probe.
FBI agents and New York state police could be seen searching Ritter’s home that afternoon, Albany TV station WNYT first reported.
Agents and state police could be seen searching Ritter’s home in Delmar on Wednesday afternoon, WNYT reported.
Below is an excerpt from the WNYT report:
Ritter was the chief weapons inspector in Iraq. He was found guilty in 2011 of engaging in a sexually explicit web chat with a person in Pennsylvania who was pretending to a be a 15-year-old girl, according to Reuters. Ritter was actually corresponding with a detective for the Barrett Township Police Department.
The FBI is searching the home of Scott Ritter, who has been a frequent visitor of Russia (and Chechnya in particular) in support of their war effort.
He was also arrested twice (jailed once) in sting operations in 2001 & 2009 related to contact with minorshttps://t.co/DU5JT5Zqwl— Aric Toler (@AricToler) August 7, 2024
The New York Post pointed out that the raid came just a day after Ritter had hung out with 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Tuesday evening, Ritter posted a photo of he and RFK Jr. at a restaurant and wrote, “Burgers with Bobby!”
Burgers with Bobby! pic.twitter.com/J5fF2MepKd
— Scott Ritter (@RealScottRitter) August 7, 2024
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