Frank Figliuzzi: ‘Trump Intends to Turn the FBI into His Own Personal Police Department’

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FIGLIUZZI: “So, look, this may be the first tangible action item that we can point to that says Trump intends to turn the FBI into his own personal police department. Why am I saying this? There’s reporting by Hugo Lowell in the Guardian that says that the FBI will only do those background investigations for Trump after Trump takes over the FBI. So, Trump’s intention, according to people around him, is that, yeah, he’ll do some background investigations with the FBI, but only once he takes control, once he names the deputy director and a director. Rumors, of course, have been out there that Kash Patel is up for at least deputy director. This creates a real national security dilemma because what’s going to happen, according to this Guardian article, is he’s going to give blanket security clearances on day one to his nominees without benefit of the FBI background investigations having already been done.”