The FBI just visited me for publishing the Elias Rodriguez manifesto.
https://xcancel.com/kenklippenstein/status/1926018657324273734#m
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-visits-me-over-manifesto
The article says that the FBI came to house. They asked him questions. He said he wouldn’t answer questions without his lawyer. The FBI sent his lawyer a voicemail and an email with 11 questions they want him to answer.
“We would appreciate [it] if this list of questions was kept between you and your client,” the email read.
These are those 11 questions (from the email I’ve reproduced below):
Haha wow. Ken surfing in the cool zone.
Gigachad move.
One of the few journalists that still do journalism it seems
yeah i hope that doesn’t make him an easy target in the end. too many “the only person left doing x” out there on our side and it wouldn’t take much to make them all go away
Yeah, I heard Ryan Grim say that the trump admins might be going after the dropsite’s non profit status because of their reporting around Israel
It is really funny seeing someone who is so absolutely pumped about getting an FBI visit lmao
Ken’s whole attitude comes off as “HELL YEAH BROTHER I GOT VISITED BY THE FBIIIII I’M DOING MY JOB CORRECTLY”
Also means he gets a lot of attention when he reports it. They’re basically walking up and handing him a sack of money and demanding he styles on them
Ken acknowledging the FBI confidentiality request.
https://xcancel.com/kenklippenstein/status/1926028276956295615#m
Comments from Ken’s lawyer. She tells the FBI that Ken Klippenstein will not answer questions because he’s protected by journalist privilege.
https://xcancel.com/bethbourdon/status/1926037024059879905#m
Lawyer jokes that Ken wanted to reply to the FBI with links to his substack website, ask that they subscribe.
https://xcancel.com/bethbourdon/status/1926046366729400677#m
Redacting his lawyer’s email address but not the FBI agent’sKen also plugged his substack to the entire 13,000 NOAA employee list when it leaked lmao
Big “this is off the record” vibes
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Deez Nutz.
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Yo Momma.
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If it was up your ass you’d…nevermind. you wouldn’t notice
And so on until all 11 are answered.
Dude is a journalist. Doing a heckin journalism. Getting huffy about it is a skill issue. Don’t worry about copycats. They’re definitely going to happen. But they’ll be caused by a year and a half of watching a genocide live on TV. Not a manifesto.
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Peepee
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Poopoo
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Shidd
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Fard
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Crumb
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Counting down from 60 before getting up and pooping on my balls in front of them
I want my minute back.
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Or simply, “I don’t recall…,” “I don’t recall…,” “I don’t recall…”
Nope. This is bad advice. Those are the sorts of answers you give in a deposition or on the stand, after going over the case with your lawyer. However, if you say those things to the police, then it can and will be used against you in a trial. Have a totally legitimate alibi? Well, if you told the police that you “don’t recall,” then they’re going to use that as evidence against you in the trial.
@Zuzak@hexbear.net has the magic words you are supposed to use. If you don’t “invoke” your fifth amendment right or ask for a lawyer, then the police can continue questioning you for as long as you keep giving nonanswers, or as long as you stay silent. You need to say the magic words for them to actually stop questioning you.
Yes, this system is fucking insane. Staying silent is different from invoking your fifth amendment right to silence.
Also, the magic words are important because once you answer you can be forced to answer follow up questions to clarify any answer you provide, and what counts as a follow up question is subject to interpretation.
“How did you receive the manifesto?”
“I don’t recall.”
“When you say you don’t recall, does that mean it’s possible you received it via email?”
“I don’t recall.”
“So you’re saying that to the best of your knowledge, it’s possible that there’s a record in your inbox. Judge, can you make him turn over his email account?”
Bit of a stretch and IANAL but there’s a reason when you see someone stonewalling they’ll say the same line even to simple questions like, “What’s your name?”
I guess all of that is moot if they ship him off to El Salvador or award him with the CIA Award for Excellence in Journalism, but those are the rules they’re supposed to play by.
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“On the advice of counsel, I invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and respectfully decline to answer your question”
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“On the advice of counsel, I invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and respectfully decline to answer your question”
3…
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
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