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Republicans Step Up Attacks on FBI as It Probes Trump

December 28, 2022 at 3:22 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Times: “The attacks… are ‌e‌mblematic of a toxic dynamic that is increasingly central to Republican Party politics. Mr. Trump’s supporters — among them, Republicans poised to take over the House next month — have seized on the letter’s accusations and stepped up their assaults on the FBI, seeking to undermine the bureau just as it has assumed the lead in an array of investigations of Mr. Trump.”

“Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who will be the Judiciary Committee’s chairman next month, has pledged to investigate what he describes as the politicization of the FBI as well as that of the Justice Department. In a taste of what is to come, the committee’s Republican staff released a 1,000-page report last month that asserted that the FBI hierarchy ‘spied on President Trump’s campaign and ridiculed conservative Americans’ and that the ‘rot within the F.B.I. festers in and proceeds from Washington.'”

If “defunding the police” was so toxic for Democrats — even though most didn’t support it — this could be a big political loser for Republicans.
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