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Peter Welch: “This FBI has been so revered in our country.”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Joins Presser Outside FBI Building “Patel is a crown jewel in Trump's lawless rampage.”

Published | Video Starts at 01:08

He's called it my Justice Department. Kash Patel agrees. He willingly agrees to carry out the vengeance tour of Donald Trump. That's what he does. This FBI has been so revered in our country. Sure, it has issues at various times, as every agency does, but this has been a non political agency. No longer. (01:08–01:14)

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Asserts that the FBI has historically been respected in the United States.

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