Brendan Ballou: New FBI Agents that the President Calls ‘Army’ to Polling Places on Election Day Is ‘Extremely Concerning’

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BAILOU: “You know, you think about the fact that this is the same FBI leadership that fired a dozen FBI agents and staff who were responsible for Iranian counterintelligence surveillance days before the attack on Iran. Why did he fire them? Because they were involved in investigations of Donald Trump. You know, this is the same FBI leadership that disbanded the public integrity section that goes after corrupt government officials. And perhaps most concerningly is that this was a hearing nominally about the FBI budget, and this — "
SANDERS-TOWNSEND: "Did we even get to the numbers?"
BAILOU: "Well, the numbers are really scary because they’re talking about having 1200 new FBI agents at a time when the president is talking about sending an 'army' to polling places on Election Day. That’s extremely concerning."