They're the ones that weaponized lost statutes like the thousand and one count you're talking about to victimize and politicize the statutes on the books. And instead of using them against actual criminals, I'm here to tell you that The men and women at the FBI that I've seen in the building and out in the field since I've been in the office these four weeks, they want to use that thousand and one charge only where the facts and the law allows them to and not where leadership forces them to. So me as the FBI Director are never going to force or interfere with the decision making process of the field investigators and the line agents who do that work on a daily basis. (12:35–12:49)
CLAIM
Asserts that current FBI agents intend to use legal charges appropriately, based on facts and law.
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