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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino fired back at The New York Times Saturday for writing a “poorly thought-out hit piece” that criticized changes to the federal law enforcement agency under the Trump administration.
The Times’ opinion piece, published earlier that day and titled “Trump’s Politicized FBI Has Made Americans Less Safe,” accused President Donald Trump of redesigning the FBI to serve his own political goals, including through hiring loyalists, attempting to prevent investigations into his allies and by intimidating his political opponents.
“Mr. Trump’s playbook for the FBI is plain to see,” The New York Times’ Editorial Board wrote. “He is turning it into an enforcement agency for MAGA’s priorities. Among his many efforts to weaken American democracy and amass more power for himself, his politicization of the F.B.I. is one of the most blatant.
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