Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025A few weeks ago, an important — and largely private — chapter in my life ended; I’m incredibly thankful to @lawfaremedia.org for giving me a forum to write the next one.lawfaremedia.orgGoodbye to All ThatMy resignation from the FBI. 108997251
Mellybeans @orchidstogo.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I just read your article and decided that I had to follow you. Thank you for maintaining your integrity in the face of great personal loss. I despair that there are not enough honorable people in our government institutions that could have prevented this outcome for you. I wish you well. 020
djpsom.bsky.social @djpsom.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Dear Agent Feinberg, Your writing is brilliant and the story heartbreaking. This is the ugliest time I have ever lived through in the US. Hate has taken over and as both a Jewish woman and a rape survivor I am terrified and hopeless. We are told to believe what we don’t see and to believe (1) what 100
cometsncats.bsky.social @cometsncats.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I wasn't expecting a story about an FBI Special Agent retiring to make me cry. You're a great writer. Thank you for fighting back, sharing your experience and vulnerability. I look forward to following whatever you do next with your talents. And hope this isn't the last chapter in your service 🖖🏽 0130
Leonard Seaman @leseaman.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I say this sparingly and only to those whom I believe truly deserve this sentiment but can tell you wholeheartedly, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 1191
AntiPolygraph.org @antipolygraph.bsky.social · 04/07/2025In more than a quarter century of closely following federal polygraph policy, I had not previously heard of a federal employee being ordered to submit to such a polygraph interrogation. 000
Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @disavowtrump20.bsky.social · 05/07/2025@michael-feinberg.bsky.social Happy to help amplify this further! 020
Kris @krispowell.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Thank you for your service. I have a family member who recently had to make the unimaginable decision to leave the Department of State because of his integrity and love of country after 20 years of civilian service. 000
Alfred Stanley @alfredstanley.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Thanks for chasing down Chinese spies. You deserved better. 000
BBudd @bbudd10-97.bsky.social · 05/07/2025… the memory of your grandfather was certainly honored in all of this. Good luck, my friend. 020
BBudd @bbudd10-97.bsky.social · 05/07/2025… my dad was a World War II Marine, who spent most of four years in the Pacific doing beach landings. He was a lawyer. He was the most honest and thoughtful person I’ve ever known. I have invoked his memory many times during my career thinking about the right thing to do… 010
BBudd @bbudd10-97.bsky.social · 05/07/2025… thank you for writing that article and posting a letter. I hope it gets wide distribution. I know I will do what I can to see that it does. I hope you’re doing well. I’m pissed off about all of this. I can well understand your connection to your grandfather in all of this… 000
BBudd @bbudd10-97.bsky.social · 05/07/2025… having tried an inordinate amount of criminal cases in my 30 years, to be dispatched as you were by the two pissants involved here is just a head scratcher. Neither one of those clowns have made a case, or tried a case, or know jack. I could spot weaklings like this a mile away….involved.is 000
BBudd @bbudd10-97.bsky.social · 05/07/2025… felt very bad reading the gibberish that you and others have gone through at the expense of our nation’s security and the effectiveness of the most important law enforcement agency in the nation. It’s heartbreaking to me. On top of all of that… 000
BBudd @bbudd10-97.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Michael, my name is Chris. I’m a former state and federal prosecutor and state judge now retired. Some of the best cases I worked with Bureau agents. I spent some time cross designated on the strike force in Los Angeles. I read your piece in law fair media. Goodbye to all that. … 000
sumpnsmelz @boznova.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I hate that this can happen to an organization I know and trust and devoted a large chunk of my life to. I know and appreciate your work and the teams you managed and THAT work is what matters. I dodged the bullet by retiring last year but stories like this break my heart. 020
bacon65.bsky.social @bacon65.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Thank you for your service and for your father's service. I am sorry that you and fellow FBI agents are being treated this way by a group of thugs. 050
dwilsted.bsky.social @dwilsted.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Michael, your words broke my heart today because they so closely mirrored the crack already there. I've grieved all day at the decimation of integrity you mentioned. I'm so sorry for what you've been through, and I hope you know so many of us honor your loss and appreciate your ongoing work. 020
Marilyn Yadira®❤️ @marilyn-yadira.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Read your writings, thank you for having common sense, logic, intelligence, and integrity. Our constitution and democracy is so delicate that if not protected & enforced this nation will go into a stateless chaos. 010
OneJuggernaut @ancienthippie.bsky.social · 05/07/2025It seems to me that our law enforcement, including FBI, ex-law enforcement, military, ex-military are in a unique position to help defend us from this treasonous coup. 000
Grace E @nebluegirl.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Thank you for your service and writing this piece. What can the average American do when our institutions are being decimated by this administration? Voting in 2026, yes, but before that? 040
John Stout @johnnie02661.bsky.social · 04/07/2025But prompted by a Q fr a friend to whom I shared your article (bc I liked what you wrote): What if you hadn’t been friends with someone on a list & what if you were not threatened with demotion. Would you have stayed & served this same admin but it didn’t threaten you? Would you have spoken up? 240
MaryES.bsky.social 😻💙📎 @maryes.bsky.social · 06/07/2025I have no doubt, someone in the private sector would hire you on the spot. Thank you for your service to the American people and your loyalty to democracy and the constitution. Morals, ethics and integrity still count for something with many of us, just not the current occupant of the WH. 020
coastal resistance 🇺🇦 @tinydancerz.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Deep, thoughtful, insightful and, overall, frightening.. thank you for your (continued) service 💙 030
Penny Justice💙 @penny4justice.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Thank you for serving our nation & sharing your story, Michael. It's never easy to be "forced" out of a job you loved & in which you invested your life. But as I know firsthand, that old idiom about the door shutting & another one opening is true. There's a path waiting for you, just keep walking. 050
True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy @donjorizzy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025bsky.app/profile/donj...True Patriots Believe In & Protect Democracy@donjorizzy.bsky.socialFAFO MAGA-land...our best, most qualified, experienced, talented and dedicated public servants are purged for perceived political disloyalty...to be replaced by meritless and corrupt sycophants like Patel and Bongino...the FBI kkklan will protect the Trump mob family and leave America defenseless. 020
victorytwin.bsky.social @victorytwin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Devastating and yet completely right and just. 010
LizB @elizab1776.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Perhaps your son will put that flag in his office as Director, one fine day. 1110
Michael Draznin @mdraznin.bsky.social · 06/07/2025A painful but remarkable and important read @michael-feinberg.bsky.social. I’ve bookmarked for quick access to reread and reference. Appreciate and thankful for your column. Kudos 000
ebwrite.bsky.social @ebwrite.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Thank you for your service. The sad thing is they’ve pushed out everyone who could defend us against them. And they’ve made us unsafe globally. 020
Mamaw Life '26 @cristiwolfram.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Thank you for your service to this country & for staying true to your commitment to defend this country and our Constitution. It's heartbreaking that you were forced to give up the job you loved. I can't wait to follow you on your next journey in life. God bless you and your family. 010
Soylent Farmer Ras @rossanori.bsky.social · 12/07/2025I'm sorry that happened to you and I look forward to reading whatever you might write or produce for citizen consumption and consideration. Thanks for having worked for we the people. 000
girlandherdragon.bsky.social @girlandherdragon.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Thank you for your courage and you service!!! 000
crinsc.bsky.social @crinsc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Every rational American who cares about our safety and law and order should be concerned about this. Trump is building a swamp that is far swampier than anything we’ve ever seen, led by the totally inept Patel & Bongino. What could possibly go wrong, other than everything! 092
Schmeldolicious @58isthenew40.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I just finished your heartbreaking article and it triggered all my sorrow about what this admin is doing to our wonderful country. It's frightening and scary that it feels like we the people can't do a thing about it. It feels like we've been invaded by enemies. Best wishes to you, your wife & son. 040
ken808.bsky.social @ken808.bsky.social · 06/07/2025I am seething in anger at what the Trump admin is doing to you and our country. The rule of law means nothing to them, nor the constitution. They will pay for their treachery. 020
Mamasalami @merpit.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Just read this article, thank you for your service. Also, thank you for your honesty. What a travesty this current administration is to all aspects of what it means to be an American. Shame! 000
mvdmdms.bsky.social @mvdmdms.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I remember my father, a career special agent, and his grave concerns over JFK appointing his brother as Attorney General. I was only a kid, but he carefully explained that the DOJ must be fully independent of the White House. Dad would be HORRIFIED at the current leadership of his beloved FBI. 000
Chele @carlosreyes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I just read and learned about your painful professional decision to leave the FBI, and the circumstances that lead to your difficult decision. It is my belief that far too many outside of social media and the eco chambers, do not realize the speed at which our freedoms are being halted. I worry. 000
robinmcstayesq.bsky.social @robinmcstayesq.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Excellent piece. You have a career in writing if you want it. I really wish you hadn’t quit. Don’t comply in advance. Had you remained, you would be witness to the crimes, and maybe would have been in a position to be a whistleblower and bring justice, even if in 3 years. 100
Lisa Lenskold @lisalen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Mind blowing. I thank you for your years of service and patriotism. 000
sjantonetti.bsky.social @sjantonetti.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Just read your piece. You are a man of integrity, and also of musical taste. My two cents: New Order hath a far more pleasing sound, but Ian Curtis was unsurpassed as a songwriter, and as a boricua I love that the cover of Unknown Pleasures featured a chart from our late Arecibo radiotelescope. 000
jemsvt.bsky.social @jemsvt.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Just an ordinary citizen here with such respect for your decision to resign and to explain to America why. Onward together. 080
Noelle Schultz @nrvschultz.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Our country was better (and safer) for your service. We will obviously be worse (and less safe) because of Dan Bongino and his pathetic purging. Wishing you all the best on your next steps and hoping for a silver lining. Onward. 040
Blackironfitter @blackironfitter669.bsky.social · 05/07/2025We've all heard about these things going on, but thank you for writing this and shining a spotlight on how damaging to an important organization this purge is going to be. 010
Michael Barnathan @mbarnathan.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Great piece in @lawfarmedia.org We are living in a nightmare I never imagined and it is important to hear the truth. You are a good writer and probably have a million stories rumbling around your brain. Keep writing. Thank you for your service. 000
✊🏼 NoFilterBoomer @cornellmom.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Integrity of the highest order! Thank you for your service and for giving me a drop of hope that there really are still good people of character roaming the country. ✊🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸 150
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 05/07/2025Bongino and Patel running the FBI is like giving a toddler a flamethrower and a list of grudges. 0302
Neil Gerardo @neilgerardo.bsky.social · 05/07/2025As an Atheist, I firmly believe, as the Founding Fathers, in the separation of church and state. Equally, I firmly believe in the separation of America and Government. We the People > The Administration. 011
GYRGYXX🏴♿ MNM, A.S., GM2 USCG @gyrgyxx.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I feel the same way about the oath I took in 1969 when I enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard. Nothing has released me from the promise I made to the United States & its Constitution & my love for my country has only grown. I wish only the best for you, thank you for your service Mike & Semper Paratus! 010
ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Thank you for your years of important work, and for publishing this resignation letter. Any thinking person sees the targeting & personal destructiveness which are the signatures of this administration. In a way, glad you’re out of the mess. Best wishes with Baby! 030
Steve Mcilhatton @stevemcilhatton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Sad to watch from afar as the US sinks into fascism. It must be heartbreaking to be in the middle of it. 020
@MissMyRubyDoo @fuckcancer56.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Thank you for your service to this country. It is an immoral abomination what is happening under Patel & OingoBoingo at the direction of the convicted felon. 060
Bacon8tor @baconailia.bsky.social · 07/07/2025As one public servant to another, thank you for putting your experience out there for the world. The average person never sees behind the curtain, and right now I think they need to. Godspeed on what’s next, and I look forward to posts on national security and your stupendously weird taste in art. 000
Dan in the Boondocks @boondocks-dan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Thank you for your patriotism and service to the country and your courage to do the right thing. One day the bureau will need people with your experience and integrity to rebuild. I hope they will know where to look. 040
Mac ☘️💙💛 @marymac1984.bsky.social · 05/07/2025All the best to you. Your resignation is a shame and a loss for the bureau. Thank you for your eloquent letter. ~ from a fellow FBI employee and USCP mom. I don’t recognize the bureau I knew and loved. 000
ekane98.bsky.social @ekane98.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Thank you. I wish more Americans understood how passionate most of those in public service are about their work. Conducting it with fidelity and integrity is often unseen, but not unfelt by those who actually interact with feds,. 040
boatguy1957.bsky.social @boatguy1957.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Thank you for having integrity and honoring the Constitution. We are in the trenches, fighting a common foe. 070
arizonagoblue.bsky.social @arizonagoblue.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Good luck. You are an honorable person in a time when many aren’t. 030
Some Random Susan @anysusan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025It’d be an honor to sing “Every Day is Like Sunday” with you any day. Thank you for your service and devotion to the version of America we both hold so dear. Best wishes to your wife and child. 000
Jedi Tanker 🐸📎🚫👑 🇺🇲🤙🏽🇵🇭🇵🇹 @jeditanker19k.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Thank you for remembering the oath you swore... 020
John “Danielle” Phipps @magitekdad.bsky.social · 03/07/202521 year CI Agent here. Resigned in May. Solidarity brother. 0251
Kimseitz @kimseitz.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I'm so sorry. Thank you for your public service, bravery and integrity. 040
@luvnfiction @luvnfiction.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I just read this and am also concerned that our government has turned many agencies into immigrant deportation & retribution agencies instead of allowing them to do the work they are meant to do. We are less safe because of it. We can thank Stephen Miller for this. Good luck! 020
Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I read this. I'm thinking of you & your wife & your baby. Please consider running for office at some point. We need people like you in elected positions. If you aren't ready for that, I know that many governors or attnys general or states would hire you. @govwesmoore.bsky.social 030
independent56.bsky.social @independent56.bsky.social · 05/07/2025I’ve read countless articles describing the political carnage at DOJ and other agencies. None impacted me as viscerally as the personal account that you so generously shared. Thank you for continuing your service by sharing your story with us. Very best wishes in your next chapter. 020
ConnieO @connieoh.bsky.social · 04/07/2025As a former Bureau employee myself… thank you for writing this! Fidelity, bravery, and integrity forever! And if you ever need some admin support, just let me know! 070
Taco the Cat @tacothecat.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Thank you for writing this. It made me sad for you and for our country. I have wondered what is happening to drug and human trafficking investigations abandoned by federal agencies to round up immigrants at the Home Depot. Very sad.this.itProgetti architettura e servizi tecnici per immobiliConsulenza tecnica di architettura ed ingegneria per progettazione, ristrutturazione di immobili, pratiche edilizie, perizie. Investimenti, valorizzazione e trasformazione di immobili 030
Caroline @spy707.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Well done! Look like you have a small army of supporters. 010
mslowins🌻 @mslowins954.bsky.social · 05/07/2025thank you for your service and your beautifully written article 010
Libby G @libbyget.bsky.social · 04/07/2025From these comments it’s clear you have a great amount of support here. And I too thank you for your service. We definitely are far less safe as a nation without you and your kind guarding our country. 000
busladybebo.bsky.social @busladybebo.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I joined DOJ 30 years ago next month. In my time at Main I worked the INS & DEA budget beat and was CFO at OIG. Never once did I know the politics of coworkers; it was never mentioned. We served our oaths, and our mission. Bravo on your fidelity to the country and the FBI. Blessings to your family. 040
Trump is a liar and is for sale. @iamjejune.bsky.social · 05/07/2025You’re a hero; your child is going to be a very lucky kid; and your article is bringing my spouse and me the same kind of tears you shed remembering your grandfather. Everyone devoted to the Constitution and the rule of law should be frightened but know that articles like yours are the solution. 010
Bill Hine @billhine.bsky.social · 05/07/2025This really is a stirring narrative. Thanks for sharing. Someone close to me is mid-career DIA, so I appreciate the dedication, professionalism, and patriotism of public servants such as yourself. God bless. 040
Cmango @cmango.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I’m deeply sorry this happened to you. I suspect your loyalty to country, the importance of your role, & stellar performance made you an early casualty. Remove the rock stars first. Five yrs short of retirement w/a child on the way. Wow. Your convictions & integrity are rock solid. Thank you. 020
Sue Ferrara @sferrara.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Thank you for your service. I am so sorry your career ended as it did. As a news editor in DC a long time ago, I had so many positive experiences with FBI agents--bright, dedicated individuals like yourself. We will get through this . . . 020
Pissed Off Canadian @canadauberalles.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Just read this article…..man. You ought to put your skills into the resistance IMHO. They’re going to need smart, knowledgeable folks like you. 000
TrueFreethinker @truefreethinker.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Mike, read your story/resignation. I cannot even begin to understand how this could happen. You, and Peter are the types of guys our country needs. I am at a loss, our republic has been hijacked by a bunch of fools. I can only hope we take it back and you get some redemption and that pension…☮️ 100
Stephen Downing @stevedowning.bsky.social · 05/07/2025open.substack.com/pub/stephend...open.substack.comRead This and Weep for the RepublicA veteran cop’s warning: when public servants are forced to serve a man instead of the law, we’re no longer a democracy—we’re a regime. 090
patdonaldson.bsky.social @patdonaldson.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Hopefully you will be there to step in/up in 3+ yrs. to help put the pieces of democracy back together. Watching in absolute shock from 🇨🇦 at the dismantling of honesty, integrity and rule of law in what was once an honourable institution. Best of luck... 020
SaukFish @saukfish.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Thank you so much. We’re not done with this idea of America just yet. It’s taking a beating, and it may need to lie dormant for a time, but it will re-emerge, including by any means necessary. 040
jimrissmiller.bsky.social @jimrissmiller.bsky.social · 05/07/2025The Trump regime seems to be forcing out anyone who may not be a Trump cheer leader. Are they doing it without Trump’s knowledge or at his direction? One is stupid - the other may be a felony. 120
mplouisville.bsky.social @mplouisville.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Well written! This too shall pass. Come back in 3 1/2 years. That’s when you really be needed to repair all the damage. 000
LR @trychick.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Wow. This has to sting. So close to retirement, and yet, you did the right thing, with integrity and honor. I hope your experience can help in the fight against this corrupt administration from the outside. 000
Bon mot @bon-mot.bsky.social · 06/07/2025What an extraordinary read. Thank you for your service and bravery. 040
Sexy Howdy Doody @gribblette.bsky.social · 05/07/2025So... Maybe I'm being too harsh but legal and right are obviously not the same thing here, and /you knew that/ and kept doing the wrong thing until they decided to take something from you. 000
Charles Thompson @takcon.bsky.social · 06/07/2025A once worldwide respected USA Agency FBI. Thanks for letting the world know what's going on. You retain your integrity and respect. 040
dobrien-pdx.bsky.social @dobrien-pdx.bsky.social · 07/07/2025As the son of WWII veteran (USMC who survived Iwo Jima), I was very moved by your thoughtful account of what you’ve been (and are going) through. Please keep speaking up; your words and integrity give me hope. 000
ASRivers @asrivers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I was sadden to read about your leaving the FBI. As a now retired civil servant, I was honored to serve the Constitution and my nation during several Administrations. What is happening today, tears me apart at my core. How many current leaders have read the Constitution or even the Declaration. 120
a Nerd @a-nerd.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Saying "Thank you for your service" is not enough, but thank you for sharing your sacrifice and willingness to continue to work in defense of our Constitution is inspiring. You give me optimism that we can come out at a better place if we are able to make it through the current chaos and corruption. 000
Brian Arndt @ba-bear.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Excellent article, I’m glad people are still debating Joy Division/New Order, either way they should be in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. 010
john1paul2jones3.bsky.social @john1paul2jones3.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Read the piece. Beautiful writing, important to have said it publicly. It may sound odd, but congratulations, I mean, for the integrity you display. Thank you. 030
Bill Bowers @billinpuyallup.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Thank you for your dedicated service to this country sir!!!!! 050
olympic52.bsky.social @olympic52.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I'm sorry for what the president and his men have done to you and others who defended the constitution. My best hope is that someday integrity returns to not only the Justice Department but to federal government that has been overtaken by a conman. 030
Rob Polk @curiousrob.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Thanks for your service, Special Agent Feinberg. Your integrity matters, and though I did not enjoy reading this article and your included resignation letter, I appreciated them both. Take care, sir. 030
