The FBI’s counterintelligence mission is a hotly debated issue. Many commentators and political aspirants have been critical of its role, especially with regard to Russia Gate. These commentators, social media personalities, and politicians have advocated for abolishment or some form of restructuring that would, at minimum, strip the FBI of its counterintelligence mission.

The locus of Russia Gate was the notorious seventh floor of FBI Headquarters (HQ), particularly the Counterintelligence (CI) Division. Peter Strzok was positioned as Deputy Assistant Director of the CI Division, having previously supervised the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s felonious misuse of a personal email server to store Top Secret information. At the time, Strzok was the Section Chief of the CI Division’s Counterespionage Section. Though there were other players involved, Strzok was at the center of the controversies that first brought widespread public scrutiny of FBI CI Division politicization.

The weaponization, in certain instances, of the FBI has been established beyond any reasonable doubt. FBI HQ is infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome, and has been all too willing to go along with DOJ mandates to over reach. Recent reporting disclosed that some FBI senior executives, such as former Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office Steven D’Antuono, felt that the execution of a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago would be highly problematic. D’Antuono told the Washington Post he “was worried about it increasing distrust in us.” He went on to say, “We all thought this posed a risk to us........

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