FBI Official’s Anti-Trump Post Violated Federal Law: Watchdog

Timothy Thibault shared a message from a partisan political group.

In a still image from video, Timothy Thibault speaks against an FBI backdrop. FBI via The Epoch Times

The former FBI official who whistleblowers say shut down an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son violated federal law with a social media post denigrating former President Donald Trump, a watchdog has found.

Timothy Thibault “engaged in modern-day leafletting on social media,” the U.S. Office of Special Counsel found after reviewing Mr. Thibault’s posts.