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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFBI appears to have started investigation of right wing con artist Jacob Wohl
The FBI appears to have an active criminal probe into hoaxer Jacob Wohls private intel agency Surefire Intelligence.
The Young Turks journalist Ken Klippenstein recently filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents pertaining to Surefire Intelligence. The FBI, however, declined to provide those records, and the excuse used by the law enforcement agency to justify their denial suggests a criminal probe is currently underway.
(And) there could be an issue in the State of Minnesota. In February, Wohl traveled to Minneapolis in a bid to stir up outrage against Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar over a conspiracy regarding her marriage. In the process of this attempt, Wohl also allegedly faked death threats against himself and then submitted them to police, according to reporter Will Sommer.
Journalist Jared Holt seemingly confirmed that at least some law enforcement agency in Minnesota is interested in Wohl in a quote tweet referencing Klippensteins FOIA denial letter.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-fbi-appears-to-have-an-active-criminal-investigation-into-jacob-wohls-surefire-intelligence/
It's weird that the fake death threat isn't getting quite the same coverage as Jussie Smollett, I wonder white the difference is.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)ck4829
(35,077 posts)malaise
(269,049 posts)It's weird that the fake death threat isn't getting quite the same coverage as Jussie Smollett, I wonder white the difference is.
He's a white male ReTHUG
DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,917 posts)Am I missing something? He was not prosecuted with a conditional expungement. Just saying. And I agree with Smollett's outcome as effective justice, all things considered.
Reporting a fake assault is a small-time crime and often disposed of without jail time. Only Jessie's celebrity--which he also relied upon---made the crime seem bigger.
So justice was color blind in the Smollett case, and makes it a poor example of racism here. Notwithstanding the issue that Wohl may be a racist asshole.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)I see what you did there.
rampartc
(5,409 posts)would be eliminated in duels before they could do much harm.
47of74
(18,470 posts)And fled across the pond or north to Canada
marble falls
(57,102 posts)Maraya1969
(22,482 posts)When we last checked in on Jacob Wohl, the longtime Trump-tweet-reply king was in the midst of fucking up a harebrained scheme to frame Robert Mueller for sexual misconduct in pretty much every way imaginable. Now, several months removed from that hilarious failure and flush with a fresh infusion of walking-around cash from God knows where, the teenage hedge-fund fraudster turned professional Islamophobe has embarked on a new and exciting grift: making poorly produced Internet pseudo-documentaries about Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar. (Out of respect for your time and intelligence, dear reader, I do not include a link.)
The final product leans heavily on dramatic footage of Wohl and fellow MAGA celebrity Laura Loomer doing things like knocking on the front door of Omar's homeand then, when no one answers, reacting as if her absence constitutes irrefutable evidence of a diabolical plot to transform the Great Lakes region into a shadow sharia caliphate. The most notable thing about a sequence in which they express shock at visible signs of Somali culture inside a prominent Somali mall, honestly, is the patience everyone else in said mall extends to these leering doofuses who insist on filming strangers' shopping trips.
Tony Webster
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· Mar 13, 2019
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Here's everything said about Ilhan Omar by interviewees in right wing video that aimed to end her career:
I don't know much about her
I met her twice
She's held events
She's had lots of coverage
She's OK
She goes too fast, has to slow down
Marriage allegation just a rumor
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)This clown's antics have been well known for awhile now and so far he's escaped any consequences. Jussie Smollet got arrested much faster. I wonder why.