A whistleblower has come ahead to allege that the FBI investigated peaceable anti-ICE and border patrol protesters after they have been ordered to take action by Donald Trump.
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In a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel and Legal professional Normal Todd Blanche, Sen. Alex Padilla wrote:
On October 5, 2026, my workplace obtained the hooked up protected whistleblower disclosure (the Disclosure) by means of the Authorities Accountability Undertaking that reveals severe allegations of unconstitutional investigations by the Division of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concentrating on protestors’ First Modification exercise.
Based on the hooked up Disclosure, the White Home, former and present DOJ management, and FBI management directed the Los Angeles FBI Discipline Workplace to open two completely different investigations in 2025 based mostly solely on people’ participation in First Modification exercise—in violation of company coverage and constitutional protections. These investigations have been opened following elevated protests towards aggressive immigration enforcement actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Safety (CBP) within the Los Angeles space in early 2025. The Disclosure additionally alleges that the investigations pulled FBI workers and sources away from lively circumstances involving drug trafficking, violent crime, and transnational felony organizations. Though the whistleblower and others on the Los Angeles Discipline Workplace raised considerations that these investigations unlawfully focused people for exercising their First Modification rights, the investigations proceeded nonetheless.
The whistleblower alleges that Trump ordered an FBI investigation into the protesters after watching a TikTok video.
