By Exjani Rojas –
Infiltrating a white supremacist biker gang, FBI agent Scott Payne was carried downstairs into the ventilation basement and stripped by two toughs who searched for a wiretap, which they almost found in 2007. “Clothesline” kneaded the clothing, looked at it and didn’t see it.
“I was freaking out. I thought I was done,” Scott tells. “My wife told me that night that she got an overwhelming feeling and pulled off the road and started praying for me.”
Today, Scott Payne is an author, speaker and advocate against racism. He quit the FBI in 2021, overtaxed by the emotional toll of doing undercover work.
Family life growing up was stormy in Greenville, South Carolina. As a result of the family strife, he drifted into horror movies. The dabbling in the occult ended when he actually saw a demon at a party and freaked out.
“My buddy jumps up like, ‘What the heck is going on?’” Scott tells. “I looked at him and I said, ‘Man, if I ever do that again, if I ever use that voice or even do this again, you got my
permission to take a baseball bat and crack me over the skull with it.’”
He turned to Jesus and became a Christian.
In high school, he became a “bully of bullies,” standing up for vulnerable people. He got a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice with a minor in psychology from Charleston Southern University. In 1993-98 he was a sheriff’s deputy in Greenville County.
Drawn to the FBI by his hatred of bullies and thrill-seeking, Scott applied to the Bureau and was taken for his psychology background despite being a longshot.
He infiltrated hate groups like the KKK and motorcycle gangs. His work in the Outlaws Motorcycle Club led to convictions of members for drug conspiracy, racketeering and firearms violations. Operation Roadkill was credited with crippling Massachusetts chapters and weakening national cohesion.
Due to prayer, his biker buddy “Clothesline” failed to see a wiretap right in front of his face.
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