Figliuzzi on Trump Administration’s FBI Purge: ‘A Less Diverse FBI Is a Less Effective FBI’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT MELBER Walk ░░░░░░░░ through where this fits ░░░░░░░░ I mentioned that the ░░░░░░░░ has wide authority to ░░░░░░░░ his cabinet and team ░░░░░░░░ s an advice and ░░░░░░░░ of the Senate But ░░░░░░░░ type of personnel shift ░░░░░░░░ see very standard this ░░░░░░░░ down to the agent ░░░░░░░░ to field offices and ░░░░░░░░ but admitting that it ░░░░░░░░ for partisan purposes How ░░░░░░░░ is this and does ░░░░░░░░ concern you about the ░░░░░░░░ fighting abilities of the ░░░░░░░░ going forward FIGLIUZZI Yeah ░░░░░░░░ this is indeed unprecedented ░░░░░░░░ the history of the ░░░░░░░░ And the one message ░░░░░░░░ hope people hear tonight ░░░░░░░░ that we are now ░░░░░░░░ less safe as a ░░░░░░░░ When you are peeling ░░░░░░░░ layers of leadership right ░░░░░░░░ to field office squads ░░░░░░░░ agents and even analysts ░░░░░░░░ are making America less ░░░░░░░░ At any given time ░░░░░░░░ this country there are ░░░░░░░░ terror plots being tracked ░░░░░░░░ the FBI and interference ░░░░░░░░ intervention is what prevents ░░░░░░░░ from playing out entirely ░░░░░░░░ help us if one ░░░░░░░░ the offices impacted by ░░░░░░░░ purge at several layers ░░░░░░░░ leadership and even some ░░░░░░░░ their best agents being ░░░░░░░░ out or told to ░░░░░░░░ home there s a ░░░░░░░░ plot playing out That ░░░░░░░░ not a political thing ░░░░░░░░ s a safety thing ░░░░░░░░ other thing that s ░░░░░░░░ is any semblance of ░░░░░░░░ and inclusion is literally ░░░░░░░░ wiped off the map ░░░░░░░░ New York Times put ░░░░░░░░ a photo today of ░░░░░░░░ walls of Quantico the ░░░░░░░░ academy where they re ░░░░░░░░ over the FBI s ░░░░░░░░ values to include integrity ░░░░░░░░ to the Constitution and ░░░░░░░░ A less diverse FBI ░░░░░░░░ a less effective FBI ░░░░░░░░ doing surveillance on the ░░░░░░░░ in the inner city ░░░░░░░░ two white guys Try ░░░░░░░░ undercover in a Middle ░░░░░░░░ terror organization with a ░░░░░░░░ guy It doesn t ░░░░░░░░ that way So we ░░░░░░░░ becoming less and less ░░░░░░░░ very quickly.”