The FBI’s counterterrorism investigations targeting alleged white supremacists and right-wing extremists are mostly “entrapment” operations, a former agent who was involved in those cases told The Washington Times.
The startling accusation came from Kyle Seraphin, an FBI agent of six years who was recently suspended by the bureau. He worked in multiple field offices in the counterterrorism division and conducted investigations of alleged domestic extremism and white supremacist plots over the past few years.
“My team was deployed to 20 or 25 different high profile, national terrorism organization or terrorism investigations between 2018 and 2021. And what I saw, as the most obvious statement, is that there are three things about counterterrorism investigations:
“Number one, the demand for white supremacy vastly outstrips the supply of white supremacy. Number two, the FBI’s playbook when it comes to counterterrorism investigations is always and unequivocally morally equivalent to entrapment, even if there’s a legal definition that allows them to skirt that.” Mr. Seraphin said.
Entrapment is illegal and involves manipulating or inducing subjects into committing crimes.
Thirdly, Mr. Seraphin said, the FBI has no objective metric on how they prioritize investigations.
“There’s an entirely ridiculous internal process for determining every single national priority,” he said.
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