Joe (Joseph) Pientka III is a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent. His own Aug. 30, 2016 electronic communication identifies him as SSA of a foreign-counterintelligence squad at the Washington Field Office. His motion to dismiss in Page v. Comey, No. 20-cv-3460 (D.D.C.), describes a temporary assignment to Crossfire Hurricane and a January 2017 return to WFO. This page is identity. The episodes live in the posts. He is a witness/agent and a civil defendant in these records, not a convict.
Identity
About Joe Pientka
Titles and dates come from his civil-docket motion, an Aug. 30, 2016 FBI electronic communication, and labeled reporting. Emphasis is the compiler’s. Identity for the public FBI figure is high. Current Hill employment is medium (LegiStorm aggregator, not a Clerk of the House PDF). No free-license portrait of him was located; none was generated.
Documented roles
- FBI SSA, WFO CI. Self-identified in the Aug. 30, 2016 EC as a Supervisory Special Agent of a Foreign Counterintelligence Squad, Washington Field Office. Just the News host of the PDF.
- 2016–January 2017. Temporarily assigned to Crossfire Hurricane; his motion says he rotated off in January 2017. Fox News’s later transcript story gives January 6, 2017. RECAP motion.
- Aug. 17, 2016. Delivered the FBI portion of an ODNI/FBI candidate briefing to Trump, Christie, and Flynn (same EC).
- Oct. 2016. Motion: reviewed the Woods file for the initial Carter Page FISA. Do not treat that as a sworn signature page. The Page complaint alleges more — allegation.
- Jan. 24, 2017. Widely reported as the second FBI agent (with Peter Strzok) at the Flynn White House interview. OIG text: SSA 1. Fox News identification: Pientka.
- Nov. 2020–. Named defendant in Page v. Comey. Plaintiff allegations remain allegations.
- 2025– (medium). LegiStorm lists Senior Adviser pay from Rep. Eric Swalwell’s office beginning February 19, 2025. Confirm on the House Statement of Disbursements. Not stated here as a Clerk-verified title.
Always-check outlets
Located and used when they actually named him: Epoch Times, Conservative Treehouse, Daily Caller, The Federalist, Just the News / John Solomon, Washington Examiner, Fox News. Gateway Pundit has a January 2020 item that discusses family and property; those personal details are omitted. No RealClearPolitics, Deep Capture, OANN, Daily Wire, or Breitbart article that independently named him was located. None was invented.
What this site is not
It is not a finding that Joe Pientka committed a crime. An OIG report is not a court. A Page complaint is not a FISA signature. A LegiStorm row is not the Clerk’s PDF. This site does not invent quotes, a conviction, or a sworn FISA. No other notable public Joe Pientka was found.
It is not a White House product. It is not lawsuit-proof. Read the posts.