How Republicans turned on the FBI | CNN Politics
May 25, 2023 · Former President Donald Trump wants to “defund” the FBI and Department of Justice. Republicans, alleging the FBI and DOJ have been weaponized against them, have held hearings featuring...
Once seen as ‘conservative,’ FBI now faces attacks from the GOP
Jul 17, 2023 · At a contentious House hearing last week, multiple GOP lawmakers peppered FBI Director Christopher Wray with questions about whether bureau agents or sources were present at the U.S. Capitol on...
How Republicans came to distrust the FBI - The Hill
Aug 10, 2022 · Trust in the FBI among the Republican-leaning public has sharply dropped as Trump came to power and Republicans circulated details about FBI activities, Gallup public opinion surveys show.
Republican senators reject replacing FBI background checks for …
Nov 19, 2024 · Senate Republicans are rejecting a proposal floated by some advisers to President-elect Trump to take the job of conducting background checks for high-level nominees away from the FBI and give...
Republicans Step Up Attacks on F.B.I. as It Investigates Trump
Dec 28, 2022 · WASHINGTON — When George Piro learned that some of his former colleagues were spreading unfounded rumors about him, he was stunned. Mr. Piro, 55, was a highly decorated agent in the F.B.I.
House GOP wants to defund the FBI. Ramaswamy wants to shut it …
Jul 31, 2023 · After the FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents last year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA., called to defund the FBI on X, formerly known as Twitter.
A Republican campaign to stop a new FBI headquarters is revving …
Jul 17, 2023 · The nod from the Republican speaker is elevating a once-fringe proposal to upend the FBI in the aftermath of the federal indictment of Donald Trump over classified documents and the Justice Department’s prosecution of his allies.
FBI employees testify on GOP politicization claims after losing ...
May 19, 2023 · Several FBI employees have accused the bureau of politicization in congressional testimony, a day after the agency announced two of them had seen their security clearances revoked over concerns about how their views of the Jan. …
Sen. Grassley says Patel must prove he'll restore faith in FBI | AP …
Dec 1, 2024 · Patel, a onetime national security prosecutor who is aligned with the president-elect’s rhetoric about a “deep state,” “must prove to Congress he will reform & restore public trust in FBI,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, in line to be the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman when Republicans take control in January, in a post on X.
Trump FBI pick Kash Patel gets lukewarm reception from GOP …
Dec 3, 2024 · President-elect Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel to take over as FBI director — effectively firing current FBI Director Christopher Wray, who still has three years left in his 10-year term —...