House Republicans recently threatened to hold Christopher Wray in contempt for not providing documents allegedly related to Joe and Hunter Biden.
Ross Baker, a distinguished professor of political science at Rutgers University, analogized the Republicans' drastic change in perception toward the FBI to the hypothetical scenario of"This is one of these remarkable pivots in American political life, that the FBI—which it has really been the darling of the Republicans; they saw the FBI as a law and order institution worthy of support, or more worthy that support and actually a veneration," Baker toldon Thursday.
DeSantis has reportedly said he would"clean out the upper echelons of both the DOJ and the FBI" and potentially even move the bureau's headquarters outside of Washington, D.C., Ramaswamy has been forceful in his rhetoric, pledging to essentially dismantle the FBI. Durham report: “we conclude that the Department and the FBI failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law.” Enough is enough. Root out the corruption & shut down the FBI. This is achievable. At the local level, we have police & prosecutors. At the federal…"Root out the corruption & shut down the FBI," Ramaswamy tweeted in mid-May."This is achievable. At the local level, we have police & prosecutors. At the federal level, we have U.S.
Other presidential hopefuls—North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson—have referred to having an openness for"reforms" within the bureau. The one candidate who has not said he would fire Wray if elected president is former New Jersey Governor
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