In a head-scratching transfer, FBI Director Kash Patel has reportedly appointed Steven Jensen to steer the coveted FBI Washington Area Workplace. In line with the New York Occasions, Jensen “performed a key function in responding to the assault on the Capitol” on January sixth.
Jensen was then tasked because the Part Chief of the Home Terrorism Operations Part, in keeping with former FBI Agent Kyle Seraphin. Seraphin, a whistleblower and member of a bunch of persecuted federal agent whistleblowers often known as “The Suspendables,” mentioned that the Home Terrorism group was “fixated” on Jan. 6. Jensen performed two day by day calls with legislation enforcement throughout the nation concerning the protest, the place he “breathlessly exclaimed the nation was beneath assault by J6ers,” in keeping with a former FBI Nationwide Safety Intelligence Supervisor.
The New York Occasions writes:
Mr. Jensen was additionally liable for establishing a system to observe incidents of violence at college board conferences throughout the nation as potential acts of home terrorism — some of the critical complaints that Mr. Patel himself had in regards to the F.B.I. beneath the Biden administration.
The choice from Director Patel is odd contemplating his criticism of the remedy of many Jan. 6 protesters. In the meantime, many elements of that day nonetheless stay unaddressed by the Bureau, together with the Jan. 6 pipe bomber’s id, which was a frequent subject on now-Assistant Director Dan Bongino’s Rumble podcast, and the variety of FBI Brokers or property that have been within the crowd that day, additionally one thing AD Bongino has alluded to beforehand on his podcast.
Previous to being pegged to steer the D.C. Area Workplace, in 2020-2021 Jensen served a stint within the Home Terrorism Operations Part at FBI Headquarters in D.C. Earlier than that, he was the Assistant Particular Agent in Cost on the Jackson, Mississippi Area Workplace from 2017-2020. And from 2014-2017, he led the Rockford Resident Company in Chicago.
Jensen was additionally a firearms teacher at Quantico from 2012-2014 following six years as a Particular Agent within the New York Area Workplace, the place he investigated well being care fraud, home terrorism, and Asian organized crime. He was additionally a member of the SWAT crew and a firearms and defensive techniques teacher, in keeping with FBI.gov.
A number of members of a bunch of persecuted FBI Whistleblowers often known as “The Suspendables” have taken to X to query this appointment:
That could be a big center finger to Individuals. Jensen led the twice-daily nation large convention calls the place he breathlessly exclaimed the nation was beneath assault by J6ers. He was central to the “our democracy is beneath assault” narrative.
— Senior Chief (@SeniorChiefEXW) April 4, 2025
If Chris Wray and Paul Abbate picked the WFO ADIC, he’d seem like Steve Jensen https://t.co/YNz2I8q0GC
— Phil Kennedy (@PhillipAKennedy) April 4, 2025
This may’t be ignored:
In accordance the @TomFitton, Steve Jensen was simply promoted to the highest job on the FBI’s Washington Area Workplace (ADIC).
Jensen was the Part Chief of the Home Terrorism Operations Part which fixated on J6 and ran 2x DAILY calls about J6 to cops… https://t.co/J7Y5Sj6N7I
— Kyle Seraphin (@KyleSeraphin) April 4, 2025
There is no such thing as a formal acknowledgement of Jensen’s choice but on the FBI web site nor the Washington Area Workplace’s social media or web site.
