What Actually Needs to Be Done with the FBI | 7/25/23

Every conservative complains about the weaponization of the FBI, but seven months into GOP control of the House, what has come of all of these hearings? We’re joined today by FBI whistleblower Steve Friend, a 12-year FBI veteran who quit his job to warn about the political targeting. Friend fears that GOP House members are more concerned about sound bites and fundraising than about actually dealing with the problem. He perfectly identified the problem with the FBI quota system, career bureaucrats, and the culture at the agency. Friend also has a plan to defund the specific policies and offices that are most harmful. He believes that FBI agents need to be disarmed and just serve as an investigatory backstop to local law enforcement. He is also calling on red states to create sanctuaries for civil liberties by refusing to work on task forces with local FBI offices that violate civil rights.
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Every conservative complains about the weaponization of the FBI, but seven months into GOP control of the House, what has come of all of these hearings? We’re joined today by FBI whistleblower Steve Friend, a 12-year FBI veteran who quit his job to warn about the political targeting. Friend fears that GOP House members are more concerned about sound bites and fundraising than about actually dealing with the problem. He perfectly identified the problem with the FBI quota system, career bureaucrats, and the culture at the agency. Friend also has a plan to defund the specific policies and offices that are most harmful. He believes that FBI agents need to be disarmed and just serve as an investigatory backstop to local law enforcement. He is also calling on red states to create sanctuaries for civil liberties by refusing to work on task forces with local FBI offices that violate civil rights.

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