‘I No Longer Felt That I Was The Type Of Agent The FBI Valued’: Former FBI Agent Reveals Why She Walked Away From Agency

An FBI former special agent claimed Thursday that she quit the agency three months earlier after more than a decade in service. Washington, D.C., is her hometown. “politically weaponized” The bureau from the top.

Nicole Parker was a Miami Field Office Special Agent from 2011 to October 2022. She wrote in Fox News op-ed.

“The FBI became politically weaponized, starting from the top in Washington and trickling down to the field offices,” Parker said.

Parker said the bureau’s trajectory, priorities, and governing principles transformed during her 12-plus years of service. Parker was an investigator on federal crimes before she resigned. These included the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school shooting in Parkland Florida, the Cesar Sayoc pipe-bomb case and multimillion-dollar Ponzi schemes.

“Every day, I woke up and embraced being an FBI special agent,” Parker said. “Until things changed.”

She stated that the Miami Division has always treated her with the utmost respect. She became tired and disengaged from the Miami Division after a while. “egregious mistakes, immoral behavior, and politically charged actions taken by a small but destructive few FBI employees.”

“I no longer felt that I was the type of agent the FBI valued,” She wrote.

Since 2015, when James Comey (ex-director) inserted himself in the 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, federal agencies have been subject to heavy criticism.

Parker observed in her Op-Ed that “one politicization issue after another” This caused her to give up her badge, which also included uniformed FBI agents kneeling in support of protesters in Washington, D.C., during June 2020’s George Floyd demonstrations.

“Although agents have their First Amendment rights, they are not at liberty to publicly express any potential political support while on duty wearing official FBI gear,” Parker stated.

According to the Justice DepartmentAll employees are subject the Hatch Act. “generally prohibits Department employees from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty, in a federal facility or using federal property.”

Rather than facing reprimand for the agent’s actions, Parker said many received promotions while others were rewarded with $100 gift cards by the FBI Agents Association.

“It’s as if there became two FBIs,” Parker wrote.

Parker also noted that the bureau had lowered the eligibility criteria for recruitment. This, Parker said, has damaged credibility and caused Americans to lose trust in the agency. “highly ethical” Agents may be required to carry the weight in certain cases.

Parker writes that these actions have resulted in Americans losing trust in the FBI, and low morale for many FBI employees.

“As a result, teams are less cohesive, less trusting of each other, and less safe.”

More notable recent actions from the bureau under scrutiny include agents storming Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound last summer to the agency allegedly working with Big Tech to censor dissenting voices against mainstream narratives surrounding the national election process pandemic-related information.

House Judiciary Republicans, Reps. Jim Jordan and Mike Johnson (R–OH), sent a letter last month to FBI Director Christopher Wray “demanding” All documents and communications between FBI employees, representatives of Twitter, and the FBI from January 1, 2020 to the present.

“We are investigating politicization and abuses at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as Big Tech’s censorship of conservatives online,” The representatives stated in a News releaseYou can also add the “revelations sadly reinforce our deep concerns about the FBI’s misconduct and its hostility to the First Amendment. ”

House Republicans approve a “Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government” This would expose collusion between federal agencies, private companies on Tuesday.

“This is about the First Amendment, something you guys used to care about,” Rep. Jordan stated Tuesday that he will chair the panel during debate with House Democrats.

“We don’t want to go after anyone — we just want it to stop,” He concluded. “And we want to respect the First Amendment to the Constitution that the greatest country in the world has.”

The Daily Wire contacted the FBI to comment on Parker’s 0p-ed but did not immediately receive a response.

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