Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler called out how the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) have been weaponized politically
Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler called out how the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) have been weaponized politically on Sunday on CNN after guest host Kasie Hunt asked whether Kash Patel plans to go after “political enemies.”
President-elect Donald Trump announced his Patel on Saturday as his pick to lead the FBI, writing in a statement that the former Trump administration official plans to lead the agency into a new era. On “State of the Union,” Hunt pressed the Republican lawmaker on whether he had “reservations” about Patel allegedly planning on “going after” Trump’s political enemies, noting that Patel had a “list” of names in his book.
“Look, I don’t think the American people are interested in a revenge tour, but obviously if people did wrong in their official capacities, then that’s something they should be concerned about. But if they didn’t do anything wrong, if they upheld the law, then there shouldn’t be a problem,” Lawler said. “The objective here obviously is to reform the Department of Justice and the FBI and get it back to its mission of going after criminals.
