A former senior FBI official thrust into the spotlight last year after whistleblowers accused him of misconduct defended himself to Congress this month, saying unequivocally he never used his position to advance a political agenda.
Timothy Thibault, former assistant special agent in charge in the FBI’s Washington Field Office, spoke in candid detail to the House Judiciary Committee for hours as he sought to set the record straight on numerous accusations made against him, according to his nearly 300-page testimony obtained by the Washington Examiner.
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Top Republicans on the Senate and House Judiciary Committees brought to light last year whistleblower claims against Thibault, including that he obstructed the Department of Justice’s Hunter Biden case, injected political bias into the department’s inquiry into 2020 alternate electors, pushed to inflate the perception of domestic terrorism, and posted anti-Trump content on social media.
Thibault told committee staff his interview with them was the first he had spoken publicly about the claims, all of which he said were untrue, except fo …
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