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Christopher Wray
July 12, 2023
Tori Otten
FBI Director Brags About Recruitment in States Where Republicans Attack Him
Christopher Wray cited numbers at the Republicans challenging him.
August 12, 2022
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Matt Ford
Conservatives’ Lies Are Getting Their Own Supporters Killed
Who will be the last person to die for Donald Trump’s mendacity?
August 11, 2022
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Daniel Strauss
What Does It Take for Document-Shredding Trump To Hoard Something?
What would make the same paper-shredding-president opt to keep a safe with documents that might incriminate him in federal crimes?
August 9, 2022
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Matt Ford
Donald Trump Is Not Above the Law
Conservatives are complaining that the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago was an egregious abuse of power. But the former president is just a Florida Man now.
September 15, 2021
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Grace Segers
Gymnasts Rip the FBI for Its Failure to Stop Larry Nassar’s Serial Sexual Abuses
Simone Biles joined three fellow athletes in offering harrowing testimony of the abuse they faced at the hands of the convicted U.S. Olympic team doctor.
April 29, 2021
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Eleanor Eagan
Trump Holdovers Are Dragging Down the Biden Agenda
In his first 100 days, the president still hasn’t cleared his predecessor’s cronies out of the executive branch, where they’re free to sabotage his presidency.
February 14, 2018
Alex Shephard
The White House’s Rob Porter Defense Is Falling Apart
But don't expect the administration to change its story.
January 29, 2018
Matt Ford
Did the FBI’s deputy director jump or was he pushed out?
September 1, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump just contradicted his rationale for firing James Comey.
August 1, 2017
Brian Beutler
The DEA head just rebuked Trump for encouraging police brutality. Dems should demand Trump’s FBI pick do the same.
July 20, 2017
Clio Chang
In Donald Trump’s world there are no laws, only loyalists and traitors.
July 12, 2017
Brian Beutler
Democrats should vote en masse against Trump’s FBI director nominee.
June 7, 2017
Graham Vyse
By announcing a new FBI director, Donald Trump is trying to preempt the old one.
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