The FBI official who not only buried the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020, but also tried to get agents to pad the domestic terorrism numbers is now out at the FBI:
Via the Washington Times:
A senior FBI official in the bureau’s Washington field office has abruptly resigned after coming under congressional scrutiny for suspected political bias in handling the investigation of Hunter Biden’s laptop computer.
The Washington Times learned that Timothy Thibault, an assistant special agent in charge, was forced to leave his post. The information came from two former FBI officials familiar with the situation.
Mr. Thibault was seen exiting the bureau’s elevator on Friday. He was escorted by two or three “headquarters-looking types,” according to eyewitness accounts provided to one of the former officials.
It is not clear whether Mr. Thibault left on his own accord or was forced out of the bureau. The 25-year FBI veteran was on leave for at least a month over revelations about political statements he made while leading the public corruption unit.
Thibault was VERY anti-Trump:
Republican lawmakers have been scrutinizing Mr. Thibault for making anti-Trump statements in social media posts in 2020. At the time, he was helping lead the FBI’s probe of Hunter Biden, whose father, President Biden, was running for the White House.
In February and September of 2020, Mr. Thibault liked separate Washington Post opinion pieces criticizing Attorney General William Barr for not more aggressively prosecuting Mr. Trump’s political allies and close associates.
Mr. Thibault also retweeted a post by the Lincoln Project, a Republican group that called Mr. Trump “a psychologically broken, embittered and deeply unhappy man.”
During recent testimony before the Senate, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray dodged questions about Mr. Thibault and his social media posts. He called them “ongoing personnel matters.”
Mr. Thibault, according to the former official, was also known for pushing out unvaccinated agents from the FBI’s election squad whom he suspected to be Trump supporters.
It’s my guess that in light of the new revelations, Thibault was fired from his position. I doubt very seriously that he just up and quit given how these agents love their pensions and retirement accounts with the government.
But hey, I’m sure CNN or MSNBC will rush to give him a job so he can continue his anti-Trump ways and get paid for it.