Well, what can you expect when you've got a President who's a convicted felon, sexual abuser, and alleged child rapist -- not to mention an FBI director who's a lying conspiracy nut who allegedly drinks on the job, uses government resources to ferry his girlfriend to concerts and, worst of all, is a pedo protector? Maybe lower standards down to your level (our emphasis):
The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to
hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer — or engaging in acts
of bestiality.
Today, those acts, which are mostly illegal across
the country, are no longer automatic deal breakers for applicants to the
nation's top law enforcement agency.
In June, the FBI quietly
lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks
on would-be federal agents and other personnel. According to multiple
sources briefed on the matter, the FBI did so to facilitate hiring in
some cases, even if candidates acknowledged they engaged in sexually
deviant activities or stole from an employer.
The move comes as
the FBI has lost scores of employees through firings, retirements and
resignations since the start of the Trump administration. [snip]
Former FBI agent James Davidson, who now leads the nonprofit FBI Integrity Project, opposes changing this standard.
"Bestiality
is clearly a potential indication of a more serious emotional issue,
and even in a circumstance where it is not, the pool of candidates
should be extensive enough that the criteria should certainly not be
eliminated," he said. [snip]
Former FBI agents and attorneys who handle employment issues for
agents told CBS News the decision to lower the standards could lead the
bureau to hire people with a history of aberrant behavior and points to
broader challenges in recruiting qualified applicants.
"If they are lowering standards, it means the pool of candidates has sufficiently shrunk," Davidson said.
Mark Zaid, a Washington lawyer who represents FBI agents and is familiar with the bureau's hiring practices, agreed.
"How
can this not be reflective of a recruiting problem at the FBI if you
are lowering your standards on issues like bestiality and prostitution,"
he said.
The reason they're having recruiting problems traces back to The Aberrant One himself:
Former FBI analyst Philip Fields reviewed government personnel data
and found that in 2025 alone, the FBI lost 1,139 special agents, with an
average tenure of 21.8 years. His review was published by the nonprofit advocacy group Justice Connection. The FBI says it employs around 13,700 agents.
Some
of the agents and analysts who have been fired were assigned to cases
that the Trump administration disliked, such as those pertaining to the
investigations into President Trump's retention of classified documents
and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
"After
driving out thousands of career employees, DOJ has struggled to fill
those positions for many reasons — including the fact that no one wants
to be ordered to conduct politically driven investigations that are
often unethical, illegal or unconstitutional," said Stacey Young, a
former Justice Department attorney who now runs the nonprofit advocacy
group Justice Connection.
But, if you're MAGA you're good to go, failed polygraph or not:
ProPublica previously reported
that some of Patel's hires, including his personal assistant, did not
clear their polygraph tests and required waivers in order to be able to
work at the bureau. The FBI spokesman quoted in that article called the
reporting "false" and said the bureau "follows all laws and procedures
on personnel security measures."
The worst people in the country.
