The FBI participated in a coordinated law enforcement operation alongside agencies such as the DEA, U.S. Marshals, and ICE to arrest Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, an alleged top leader of the MS-13 gang. The operation was highlighted amid politically charged commentary linking the effort to tougher immigration enforcement policies associated with the Trump administration.

A federal judge’s ruling on the US Institute of Peace controversy revealed that FBI agents accompanied DOGE operatives in efforts to forcibly remove board members, a move that has raised concerns about the use of state power in support of executive overreach and potential authoritarian tactics.

A Justice Department official accused FBI acting leadership of insubordination for refusing to identify a core team of agents involved in the Jan. 6 investigations, a move interpreted as resistance against political interference in law enforcement processes.

The article outlines proposals under Project 2025 aimed at politicizing and restricting the FBI’s role by curtailing its ability to combat misinformation and investigate corruption. However, the FBI is portrayed as a cornerstone in upholding democratic accountability, with its non-partisan investigative work standing in stark contrast to the anti-democratic agenda proposed by right-wing operatives.

The AP article details unsealed court opinions revealing that FBI officials improperly accessed Section 702 databases to search for information on U.S. citizens, including queries related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and George Floyd protests. This misuse has prompted calls for increased judicial oversight of surveillance practices.

An Army soldier’s record shows an arrest on his FBI background check due to erroneous data forwarded from the Army Criminal Investigation Division. The false record, which inaccurately lists an arrest for abusive sexual contact despite a military board clearing the soldier, jeopardizes service members' careers and highlights flaws in administrative processes.

A 1,000-page report released by House Judiciary Republicans on 2022-11-04 alleges that FBI leadership has abused its law enforcement authority for political purposes. The report details claims of manipulated domestic violent extremism statistics, politically motivated case reclassification, pressure on agents, purging of dissenting employees, and collaboration with Big Tech to censor political speech.

In March 2022, the FBI entered into a $27 million contract with Babel Street for 5,000 licenses to use Babel X software to search broad swaths of social media. The tool, intended to index publicly available posts, has raised concerns over its potential chilling effect on free speech and privacy by acting as a repressive surveillance apparatus.