What do you think of an FBI director taking credit for arrests made before he was even confirmed?

[goaded]

Donald Eugene Fields II was caught on 25 January, because of a traffic stop (a fluke). Arnoldo Jimenez on the 30th January. Both about a month before Kash Patel was installed and two months before Dan Bongino. The third was Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, on March 17, 2025, apprehended in Teocelo, Veracruz, Mexico. The arrest was the result of a coordinated effort by both U. S. and Mexican authorities.

[DryGermanGuy]

Trump personally claimed to have facilitated the large prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. In fact, this was achieved by negotiators from the UAE and the Red Cross over several months.

[Shiprex]

It's perfectly up there with the whole Trump genre of TV reality show madness

[goaded]

I'm sure it was just the thought of new leadership that encouraged them to make the arrests.

[Shiprex]

Or the thought that they'd best give themselves up because trump would pardon them

[goaded]

LMAO. That only happens if they're fraudsters who donated to Trump!

[lightbulb27]

A lot of that was by push of Trump and during his time.

Biden was doing a big job and should get credit for all those he deported, he was deporting a lot of people... but that does not show up in media.

not so sure he was successful with big criminals because of his policies... he can defend all that in his library.

[exitseven]

It was the result of the anticipation that the new administration will actually going to want to do something besides arrest people at school committee meetings. Kash did not say anything that was not truthful. 3 people were arrested during the last 3 months.

[goaded]

Sure it was. The traffic stop was because of "the new administration".

[exitseven]

No, but the FBI under Chistopher Wray would have ignored this and arrested another Jan6th protester.

[goaded]

One of the rioters who was convicted then pardoned by Trump wants his trial for producing child porn to go away, too.

"A Mint Hill man is arguing that his indictment on charges of producing and possessing child pornography is null because images were found during an investigation into his role at the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol."
www.newsobserver.com/.../article302996029.html

[NathanDavis]

it is well known that USA authorities often track criminals... in order to incriminate more people, or to build stronger cases against them...

it is possible that this dude just skipped "due process" and went for it because they could

[goaded]

I don't love that you think "due process" is something that can simply be "skipped".

[NathanDavis]

they do it all the time... and celebrate it as well

presidential pardons in mass is exactly that... skipping due process

[goaded]

No, that is part of the legal process. Nobody expected a president to ever be in a position to pardon people who attempted a coup for them, let alone actually free 1,500 of them. (At least a couple had the decency to refuse their pardons.)

[NathanDavis]

you certainly have an intriguing concept of what proper is... lol

[NathanDavis]

under your perspective... everything and anything that Trump does is legal, because he signed it as the president...

[AyChingao]

Standard operating procedure in the Trump administration. Besides being a Trump goon... erm... appointee... requires only loyalty. No intelligence required

[Dargil]

Self deportation of illegal aliens began before DJT was inaugurated. Mentality change. So has the FBI changed its culture before Patel was confirmed.

[msc545]

I expect unethical and dishonest behavior fom Trump appointees.

[David318578]

Did he take personal credit or was he giving credit to the whole FBI?

[goaded]

Personal credit.

""Patel on Tuesday said the FBI, Justice Department and U. S. Attorney General Pam Bondi "have captured our third fugitive on the Ten Most Wanted list since January 20, 2025."

"That’s not an accident," Patel wrote on X. "When you let good cops be good cops, this is what happens. This administration is giving the new FBI and AG Bondi the resources to get the job done — and we won’t stop."""

Yes, one was absolutely an accident (traffic stop).

[David318578]

Lol that's a no he didn't take personal credit, you literally quoted him giving credit to the FBI and justice department.

[goaded]

He claimed it was because "When you let good cops be good cops, this is what happens.", as if that wasn't always the case. "This administration is..."

[David318578]

I understand you hate Trump but this is not doing yourself any favors here. Trump is going to say and do plenty of dumb things you can use against him, this is just a huge stretch and makes you seem kind of ridiculous.

This is a nothing burger, give it time and go after real issues when they crop up. that way you don't make yourself look crazy

[goaded]

Bullshit. Two of the three arrests had absolutely nothing to do with the Trump administration.

[David318578]

You know the former director of the FBI was appointed by Trump right?

[goaded]

And? They're falsely claiming it's the new leadership that caused the arrests.

[David318578]

No they didn't, you literally quoted him giving credit to the agents

[David318578]

Also you know the former director announced his resignation in December, and there was an interim Director for a short stint before the arrests anyway.

This is just another TDS failure..

[goaded]

He literally said it was because of things the administration was doing: "When you let good cops be good cops, this is what happens. This administration is giving the new FBI and AG Bondi the resources to get the job done — and we won’t stop.".

Five days is not enough time to make any changes to an organisation that big, and the first arrest was a fluke anyway.

[David318578]

It takes 2 seconds to reverse a policy. What are you talking about?

The fact of the matter is this thread you created is a total failure. I can only assume you got suckered into a fake headline from a story?

Because the facts are, the old head of the FBI was not in charge when the arrests where made.

Fact 2 he gave credit to the agents

Resist your TDS all it does is make you look silly

[goaded]

Reverse what policy? The one where the FBI used to let people on their most wanted list go free when apprehended? Your defence of obvious lies is not impressive.

He didn't give credit to the agents, he claimed credit for his policies, even before he became director.

[David318578]

You are all over the place here, first you say "what policies" then you literally said he is taking credit for the change because of his "policies" lol

[goaded]

Ah, the gaslighting continues. Let me put it in terms even you will understand.

Patel is claiming the arrests are because of policies he and Bondi supposedly put in place.
Neither were in office when the first two (of three) arrests took place.
Therefore those arrests had nothing to do with either of them.

[David318578]

No he is not. You quoted him, he never said that.

He said "This administration is giving the new FBI and AG Bondi the resources to get the job done"

See how he used the word "giving" and not "gave"?

If he said he "gave" them the resources to make this arrest then you would have a point.

I'm sorry man but you are 100% wrong here. TDS makes people do and think silly things.

[goaded]

Again, two of the arrests were weeks before he was in office. Whatever he's doing now had zero impact on how the FBI did their jobs back then, and probably very little today.

Pretending what he's doing now somehow caused the first two arrests is simply dishonest.

[David318578]

Yes the 2 arrests where weeks before he was in office, and AFTER Wray resigned, he gave credit to the agents and made a comment on what could happen "when you let good cops be good cops" Eluding to the fact that Wray was not allowing good cops to be good cops. Thats all that statment said. He never said he was resposable for the change. In fact his next statment proves he was NOT taking credit because he said he would be "giving" the new FBI the resorces, not gave.. giving as in the future. Gave would be the past tense of giving

Unless you have other quotes from him, you are factually incorect in your assesment of the quotes and what they mean.

[goaded]

No, you're just gaslighting. Wray (a Trump appointee, but, unusually, a competent one) didn't stop "good cops" being "good cops", that's stupid. Patel is pretending common events are due to his leadership, and he's lying.

[David318578]

I'm assuming English is not your first language because you are struggling with tense

There is no way he can take credit for something that has happened in the past when he is talking about something he is going to do in the future. Your line of reasoning does not work and is completely illogical.

here is a quick refresher..

"4.4 Past, present and future
The verb describes the action in a sentence. It also tells you when the action happens – in the past, the present or the future. This is called the tense.

For example, ‘I walked’ or ‘I was walking’ is past tense, ‘I walk’ or ‘I am walking’ is present tense and ‘I will walk’ is future tense. "

[goaded]

You're assuming wrong, just as much as you're trolling. Patel is literally taking credit for the arrests made before he was FBI director.

[DrPepper12]

They lie