#FBI CO-DEPUTY DIRECTOR ANDREW BAILEY HAS RESIGNED
Bailey, one of the FBI’s No. 2 officials under Kash #Patel, told colleagues he’s leaving to spend more time with his family.— @_khabarwalay Sep 28, 2026
Month: September 2026
Step by Step, Russia Is Reducing Western Influence
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a presidential decree authorizing Softex LLC to acquire the Russian assets of Western Union.
This move goes beyond a simple commercial acquisition.
It represents the transfer of financial assets owned by an American company into the hands of a Russian firm.
The importance of the transaction lies in strengthening domestic control over financial infrastructure and money transfer services, while reducing the direct presence of Western companies in strategic sectors of the Russian economy.
It also aligns with Russia’s broader efforts to localize key services and restructure markets away from Western dependence.
— @mog_russEN Sep 28, 2026
“The magnitude of the corruption is compounded by its elusiveness. Trump’s venal debasement of the presidency does not fit the usual categories, making its full extent unusually difficult to measure.”
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NEW!! NATO commander Gen. Alexus Grynkewich warns European lawmakers that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are increasingly cooperating, while hybrid attacks and threats to critical infrastructure are growing.
“We are all eastern flank nations now,” he says.
— @ralexdc Sep 28, 2026
The White House says two agents stifled the investigation, but CNN reports their team found no terrorism center
Two veteran FBI counterterrorism officials were demoted after investigators determined allegedly harassing calls to a top White House aide’s wife did not warrant further investigation, according to multiple reports.Michael Burgwald, who led counterterrorism operations at the FBI’s Washington Field O
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Two veteran FBI counterterrorism officials were demoted after investigators determined allegedly harassing calls to a top White House aide’s wife did not warrant further investigation, according to multiple reports.
Michael Burgwald, who led counterterrorism operations at the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and his deputy, Courtland Rae, were removed from their leadership positions Friday and reassigned to FBI headquarters.
The shakeup followed an investigation into allegedly threatening and harassing calls received by Katie Miller, a conservative podcaster married to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
A field office team reviewed the calls but found they did not meet the threshold for an FBI investigation and identified no connection to terrorism, CNN reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
That conclusion reportedly caused friction with FBI leadership.
Bloomberg Law, which first reported the demotions, said Washington Field Office leadership was dissatisfied with the pace of the investigation and that the Miller family shared those frustrations. FBI Director Kash Patel was also displeased with the office’s progress, according to the outlet.
The FBI and White House have pushed back on suggestions that the Millers or Patel ordered the personnel changes.
Washington Field Office chief Darren Cox said he made the decision himself.
“Director Patel did not order this decision,” Cox said. “This was a personnel decision made at the Washington field office level alone based on our constant evaluation of mission needs.”
White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said the Millers had never met or interacted with Burgwald or Rae.
“Senior leadership at the FBI determined they were stifling investigations into very serious threats and made a unilateral decision to remove them,” Bis said.
Details about the calls themselves have not been made public, leaving unclear what investigators reviewed or why they concluded the messages did not warrant further FBI action.
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The reassignments also remove decades of counterterrorism experience from the Washington office as the United States remains at war with Iran.
Burgwald is a West Point graduate who has received multiple attorney general’s awards. Rae helped oversee the FBI’s response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Both officials also worked on investigations related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
The Millers and their children moved from their Virginia home into military housing last year amid what the White House has described as a campaign of stalking, doxing and threats against the family.
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