This from Diane M. Kimura:

Remember when the FBI was highly respected and believed to be above partisan politics?

Since the 2016 election, it is notable to see the depth of corruption from list of resignations and firings at the FBI:

James Comey – FBI Director – was fired on May 9, 2017. Oversaw all FBI operations – including exoneration of Clinton and the Trump-Russia Investigation. Reported to AG Lynch.

Andrew McCabe – Deputy FBI Director – on December 23, 2017 announced his retirement effective March 22, 2018. Forced to resign active position on January 29, 2018. Fired on March 16, 2018. Involved in all aspects. Reported to Comey.

Peter Strzok – Deputy Assistant Director of FBI’s Counterintellig ence – forced off Mueller’s team – demoted on August 16, 2017, to FBI’s Human Resources. IG Horowitz discovered texts on July 27, 2017. Strzok was involved in all facets of Clinton's exoneration. Working member of "Insurance Policy” group.

Lisa Page – FBI/DOJ Lawyer – forced off Mueller’s team – demoted on August 16, 2017. IG Horowitz discovered texts on July 27, 2017. Working member of "Insurance Policy” group. Page resigned/fired on May 4, 2018.

James Baker – FBI General Counsel – demoted and reassigned on December 20, 2017. Working member of "Insurance Policy” group. Senior-most legal counsel at FBI. Baker resigned/was fired on May 4, 2018. Took position at Lawfare.

James Rybicki – Chief of Staff to FBI Director James Comey & successor Chris Wray – resigned/ forced out on January 23, 2018. Working member of "Insurance Policy” group.

Josh Campbell – Special Assistant to James Comey – resigned on February 2, 2018. Writes op-ed in New York Times on why he is leaving but does not disclose in op-ed that he was Special Assistant to Comey – or that he had been offered lucrative CNN job. Takes job with CNN on February 5, 2018.

Michael Kortan – FBI Asst. Director of Public Affairs – resigned on February 8, 2018 – effective February 15, 2018. Kortan served as assistant director for public affairs, an influential job that controlled media access.

Greg Brower (FBI) – Assistant Director for the Office of Congressional Affairs. FBI’s liaison with Congress. Listed by Devin Nunes as one of the individuals he wants to interview. Resigned suddenly on March 30, 2018.

James Turgal (FBI) – Executive Assistant Director for Information and Technology Branch. Retired from FBI sometime prior to January 9, 2018.

Michael B. Steinbach (FBI) – Executive Assistant Director for the National Security Branch. Was the FBI’s top national security official. Some reports state Steinbach replaced John Giacalone who quit over frustration with Clinton's Investigation. Other reports say it was McCabe who replaced Giacalone. Steinbach claims to have personally handled the Clinton Email Investigation. Retired from FBI in February 2017.

Bill Priestap – Assistant Director – Head of FBI Counterintellig ence – Holds the same position. Strzok’s boss – reported directly to McCabe.

Bruce Ohr is a former Associate Deputy Attorney General. Ohr was demoted twice. Stripped of Associate Deputy Attorney General title on December 6, 2017. Removed as head of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force on January 8, 2018. Unofficial liaison between Fusion GPS and FBI/DOJ. Their wife – Nellie Ohr – worked at Fusion. Long-standing ties to both Christopher Steele and Glenn Simpson/Fusion GPS.

Simpson and Bruce & Nellie Ohr have known each other since at least 2010. Ohr has been described as a long-time friend of Steele with a relationship going back to at least 2006 (includes Ohr’s wife Nellie). Ohr texted and emailed extensively with Steele beginning in January 2016 (likely started earlier).

Oleg Deripaska was discussed in emails between Ohr and Steele. Ohr appears to have a significant role in Dossier creation.

David Bowditch (FBI) – Replaced Andrew McCabe as Acting Deputy FBI Director. Bowditch’s name is featured in emails and Strzok texts.

Trisha Anderson (DOJ) – the adviser in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, was previously an attorney at Attorney General Eric Holder’s former firm, Covington & Burling. Attended two April 25, 2016, White House meetings with FBI Counsel James Baker and several DOJ FISA lawyers – Tashina Guahar, Christopher Hardee, and Brad Wiegmann. Anderson’s name appears in Strzok/Page texts.

Sally Moyer (FBI) – Attorney. Listed by Devin Nunes as one of the individuals he wants to interview.

Dana Boente (DOJ/FBI) – FBI General Counsel – Appointed on January 23, 2018 – replacing James Baker who was demoted and reassigned. Acting Head of DOJ’s National Security Division until January 23, 2018, and the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Replaced Mary McCord in NSD Role. Was briefly Acting Deputy Attorney General until Rosenstein was appointed.

Edward O’Callaghan (DOJ) – became Acting Assistant Attorney General and Acting Head of DOJ’s National Security Division on January 27, 2018, replacing Dana Boente.

Jonathan Moffa (FBI) – Copied on Comey’s Draft Statement exonerating Clinton of Email Scandal. Mentioned in Strzok/Page texts. Surprisingly hard to find any information on Moffa.

Michael Gaeta (FBI) – Ran FBI’s Eurasian organized crime unit in New York. Has known Steele previously. Led the 2013 FBI investigation of a Russian mafia boss, Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov. For two years ending in 2013, the FBI had a court-approved warrant to eavesdrop on Tokhtakhounov’s money-launderin g network that operated out of unit 63A in Trump Tower. Gaeta was the FBI Agent sent to London to meet with Christopher Steele and obtain the first copy of the Dossier. Gaeta’s trip was approved by State’s Victoria Nuland. Gaeta may have given a copy of Dossier to Nuland before anyone else.

Joe Pientka – FBI Agent – Counterintellig ence Division. Pientka was potentially identified by Grassley as the second FBI Agent (Strzok the other) present at Flynn Interview.

George Toscas – (DOJ) – Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the National Security Division. Toscas was contacted by NY Prosecutors (possibly Preet Bharara) about Weiner's investigation re: HRC/Huma emails on Weiner's computer.

Toscas contacts the FBI, forcing McCabe to tell Comey of emails.
Randy Coleman (FBI) – Executive Assistant Director, oversight of all FBI domestic and international cyber operations and investigations concerning cyber matters.

Brian Brooks (FBI) – Assistant Director of the Operational Technology Division. Recently promoted by FBI Director Chris Wray.
Tashina Guahar (DOJ) – Deputy Assistant Attorney General. National Security Division. FISA lawyer. Appears in Strzok Texts as "Tash”.

Norman "Christopher” Hardee (DOJ) – Chief Counsel for Policy, National Security Division. FISA lawyer.

Brad Wiegmann (DOJ) – Deputy Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division – Office of Law and Policy. FISA lawyer.

John T. Lynch (DOJ) – Chief, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section – Criminal Division.

Alan Rozenshtein (DOJ) – Attorney Advisor with the Office of Law and Policy in the National Security Division. Resigned April 2017. Visiting professor. Writes for Lawfare.

Iris Lan (DOJ) – Associate Deputy Attorney General. Previously U.S. Attorney at Southern District of New York.

James Tranor (FBI) – Assistant Director of the Cyber Division. Mentioned in Strzok Texts. Retired October 2016.

Bryan Paarman (FBI) – Deputy Assistant Director of Counterterroris m. Mentioned in Strzok texts re: Clinton MYE. Extensive international experience. 2004-2007 Senior FBI representative and accredited diplomat in the US Embassies
in Tbilisi, Georgia, and Kyiv, Ukraine.

Robert Anderson (FBI) – Former Executive Assistant Director under Mueller. Principal at the Chertoff Group’s global Strategic Advisory Services. Mentioned in Strzok texts re: Clinton MYE.

FBI – Assignments Away from FBI Headquarters:

Stephen Laycock – Special Agent in charge of the Counterintellig ence Division for the Washington Field Office. Previously Section Chief of the Eurasia Section in the Counterintellig ence Division at FBI Headquarters.

Charles McGonigal – Special Agent in charge of the Counterintellig ence Division for the New York Field Office. Previously Section Chief of the Cyber-Counterin telligence Coordination Section at FBI Headquarters.

Gerald Roberts – Special Agent in charge of the Intelligence Division of the Washington Field Office. Previously Section Chief of the Terrorist Financing Operations Section in the Counterterroris m Division at FBI Headquarters.

Charles Kable – Special Agent in charge of the Counterintellig ence Division at the Washington Field Office. Previously Section Chief of the Counterespionag e Section at FBI Headquarters.

Louis Bladel – Special Agent in charge of the Counterintellig ence Division of the New York Field Office. Previously Section Chief of the Counter-Prolife ration Center at FBI Headquarters. Retired 2016.
The individuals listed above had been Section Chiefs at FBI Headquarters. Comey transferred each to field offices.

Note: The names of James Turgal, Randy Coleman, and Brian Brooks came from a request for all documents and communications from Senator Ron Johnson. Other names on Johnson’s request were previously known.

Other Notable Retirements:
Chuck Rosenberg – Former Acting Head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Twice served as Chief of Staff to former FBI Director James Comey. Abruptly resigned on September 30, 2017.

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