a fun fact. congress enacted that statute during after the civil war to provide a tool for federal agents to go after southern whites, particularly members of the kkk. i just want to switch gears slightly in the sort of fbi/doj space and in the 2024 space about ron desantis. governor ron desantis said something yesterday, and he didn t have anything to back it up let s listen to what he said. they re not independent. these are agencies that report to the elected president of the united states. are you worried that the fbi or the doj is going to interfere in your campaign? look, any of that is possible, but i think at the end of the day, a leader s got to lead. i ve got to speak the truth. okay. no evidence of that, but now it s en vogue if you re a republican to be at least perceived to be on the receiving