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Elissa Slotkin: “You cannot use the intelligence community against American…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

CNN: Slotkin slams Trump's intel pick, and pushes back on $1.8 billion slush fund

Published June 2, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:51

One of the central tenets for the intelligence community since Watergate, since, you know, before I was born, is that You cannot use the intelligence community against American citizens. You cannot target American citizens. If there's a legal issue, it goes to the FBI and they do that investigation. (02:51–02:56)

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Asserts that the intelligence community cannot be used against American citizens.

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