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Pete Buttigieg: “The director of the FBI, the person in charge of making sure…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Pete Takes Questions, Live from Tulsa

Published | Video Starts at 31:07

That's not the dynamic right now between the administration and the press. This is an example of it. Every day. I'll give you the latest. You may have seen a story about how The director of the FBI, the person in charge of making sure you and your family are safe from criminals, predators, and terrorists, may be diminished in his job by drinking too much and by not showing up to work at certain key times. And they sent 19 questions to his office, detailed questions, and instead of answering them, they just attacked him. And now they're threatening to sue. (31:07–31:23)

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Asserts that the FBI director's job performance may be impaired by personal issues.

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