On Tuesday, Trending Politics posted an article about a former-FBI agent found guilty of stealing property during the search of someone’s home who had been in part of the January 6th demonstration.
The article reports:
A former Houston-based FBI agent has been convicted of stealing valuables and cash while conducting searches. In one instance, the agent stole cash and silver bars from a non-violent January 6 defendant’s home.
Nicholas Anthony Williams, 36, was indicted on January 31 in the Southern District of Texas. Williams, who had worked at the agency’s Houston field office since 2019, was accused of taking money or property from multiple residences while executing search warrants as an FBI special agent. He then converted the money or property to his personal use, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani at the time.
…Fan’s (Alexander Fan, a Houston college student) home was subject to an FBI search after his arrest on non-violent trespassing misdemeanors in June 2023. According to court filings released before Fan’s plea hearing, the college student reported to the FBI that a number of items — including cash and silver bars — were missing from his bedroom. “These items were not seized pursuant to the warrants,” the court filing reads.
In September, Williams confessed to stealing nearly $10,000 in cash and silver bars from multiple residences during raids from March 2022 to July 2023. A plea agreement revealed that that the former agent used the stolen money for personal purchases, including firearms. He also attempted to fence the silver bars to multiple buyers.
…Williams admitted ton five thefts in total, the first being in 2020, when he “embezzled and wrongfully converted” $1,200 he seized while he was executing a December 2020 search warrant in Houston. He also admitted to $1,500 cash and several bars from Van’s residence, in addition to two additional thefts in 2023. He also admitted to stealing $4,000 in cash while executing a search warrant on a residence in 2022.
It really is time to clean house in the FBI and to take a careful look at the attitudes of the people who work there. Is there a feeling among some FBI agents that they are above the law?