# Has the FBI been corrupted by the KGB? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 4, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599 "2016-11-04T11:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/21 "2016-11-04T19:08:55Z")
The FBI under Trump would be all but cut loose to play their part in “Making America Great Again.” Of course they’re salivating over the thought. They’d probably get uniforms with jackboots, very stylish. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/22 "2016-11-04T20:30:31Z")
I’d enjoy hearing how the FBI posting glowing reviews of Fred Trump, of all people, a week before an election on their previously dormant twitter feed, doesn’t qualify as partisan hackery of the highest order. \*\* When the FBI is trying to flip an election and using Breitbart to source their investigations, we aren’t a Banana Republic; we’re more of a Baltic Republic. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/23 "2016-11-04T20:34:51Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > Steve Bannon is the CEO of Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign. Clinton Cash is the book he conceived and bankrolled. Bannon doesn’t bankroll anything. He is financially supported by hedge fund billionaire, Robert Mercer. Mercer is also the biggest financial backer of Trump. > **[Rachel Maddow Explains "The Money Man" Behind Both Breitbart News And The...](https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/rachel-maddow-explains-money-man-behind-both-breitbart-news-and-trump-campaign)** > > From the August 25 edition of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/24 "2016-11-07T09:33:22Z")
The OccupyDemocrats website is asserting that Comey has now put up a Trump/Pence sign at his house. It wouldn’t surprise me but, the Internet being what it is, I remain sceptical. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/25 "2016-11-07T10:34:24Z")
Some cheeky person put up such a sign very close to Mr Comey’s property line, in a clear attempt to make a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/26 "2016-11-07T11:36:41Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Some cheeky person put up such a sign very close to Mr Comey’s property line, in a clear attempt to make a joke. …and of course the interneterati ran with it. Le sigh. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/27 "2016-11-07T14:15:08Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > Exactly. > > So the FBI investigating in an effort to find one is obviously an attempt by left-wing FBI agents to help Clinton, in exactly the same manner as FBI investigations of the Clinton Foundation were right wing attempts to help Trump. > > Only difference is that the DOJ - which has apparently not been corrupted by Trump supporters or the KGB - put the kibosh on the Clinton Foundation investigation, while the left-wingers going after Trump seem to have had more of a free hand. Then why hasn’t the FBI tweeted any nonsense about “we think we may have found stuff on Trump”? How many times did Comey try it with Clinton’s emails (so sick of hearing about that) only to retract and say later “we ain’t found shit”? It’s politically motivated. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/28 "2016-11-07T14:16:19Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Bannon doesn’t bankroll anything. He is financially supported by hedge fund billionaire, Robert Mercer. Mercer is also the biggest financial backer of Trump. > > [http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/08/25/rachel-maddow-explains-money-man-behind-both-breitbart-news-and-trump-campaign/212685](http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/08/25/rachel-maddow-explains-money-man-behind-both-breitbart-news-and-trump-campaign/212685) Why does Trump need a backer? If he is as rich as he keeps saying he is. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/29 "2016-11-07T14:46:34Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Why does Trump need a backer? If he is as rich as he keeps saying he is. 🆒 One way to get rich is to spend other people’s money rather than spending yours. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599/30 "2016-11-07T15:47:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > One way to get rich is to spend other people’s money rather than spending yours. [Max Bialystock] **NEVER PUT YOUR MONEY IN THE SHOW!** [/MB] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-fbi-been-corrupted-by-the-kgb/770599.md?page=1)