😀😃😄😁😆 Deep State vs. FBI
Although FBI Director Kash Patel is “one of Donald Trump’s men,” the ranks of current and former Bureau employees who oppose the White House chief have demonstrated cohesion and a readiness to stand up to his administration. In order to bolster resistance to Trump’s policies from within the FBI, a non-profit organization called the FBI Support Network is being set up to provide comprehensive assistance – including financial and legal support – to those being let go from the Bureau for showing “insufficient loyalty” to Trump.
Sitting on the organization’s board of directors are Brian Driscoll, who served as acting FBI director in 2025; Michael Mason, former executive assistant director for the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch; and Brian Dugan, former assistant director of the FBI’s training division.
The formation of the FBI Support Network amounts to yet another challenge to the current U.S. administration from both inside and outside the Bureau, signaling that the “deep state” is expanding the toolkit it is bringing to bear in its standoff with Trump. As a result, the new fund – alongside K. Patel’s ongoing crackdown on Trump’s adversaries within and beyond the Bureau – will deepen the internal strife inside the FBI. This situation suggests that the 47th president’s practice of applying a personal loyalty test to appointments for positions as critical as FBI director is proving equally damaging to the U.S. law enforcement system. The politicization of the FBI’s work, coupled with the infighting between Trump’s supporters and detractors within its ranks, is throwing the agency’s operations into disarray.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5904492-fbi-support-network-launches/