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A separate incident weeks earlier sparked a similar focus on #FreeSpeech, according to Fields, when then-Acting Deputy Attorney General #EmilBove demanded the #FBI investigate a group of anti- #ICE protestors outside a federal building in California.
In both cases, Fields noted that #FirstAmendment protections prohibited such investigations & potential charges unless other action beyond speech had taken place.
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The investigations came after #FBI Director #KashPatel told top FBI leaders that #Trump “was angry about the incident, & he wanted those protesters investigated & arrested,” the letter said.
…Fields’ whistleblower complaint disclosed two separate incidents in which she said White House officials demanded the FBI investigate & arrest anti- #ICE protesters.
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In at least one instance, the #FBI began preliminary investigations of protesters after #Trump demanded an investigation of people he saw in a #TikTok video depicting demonstrators against #ICE & #CBP in Alhambra, #California. The #protesters were using bullhorns to warn neighbors about the presence of #immigration-enforcement officers, Fields’ disclosure said.
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The investigations were opened in early 2025 in the early weeks of the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown following demands from Trump & other admin officials, acc/to the disclosure by Jill Fields, a fmr supervisory intelligence analyst in the #FBI LA field office.
CNN reviewed the complaint, which was filed by lawyers representing Fields to members of the #Senate #Judiciary Committee.
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#Whistleblower says #Trump demanded #FBI probe into #protesters over a #TikTok he saw
The FBI opened preliminary investigations targeting anti- #ICE protesters in Southern #California, a fmr FBI intelligence official alleged in a whistleblower complaint, adding that she believed the move violated the #law & agency #policy.
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https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/06/politics/fbi-anti-ice-protesters-donald-trump