their government and its agencies to protect it. but are they really doing that? there s growing evidence that equal justice in the u.s. is beingl justhe eroded, replacd with a system of selective and political prosecutionsed wi agencies like the fbi and the department of justice are agg citizenss they re supposed to protect. under president biden, the justico e department s prosecuted a number of his direct political rivals. there s noe m more obvious exal than donald trump. of course. he s been federally indicted ina the classified documents probe. now, to be clear, you can disagreer with tru with trump ss and believe what he did was wrong. d wai do. but this is a president s main opponent and his allies, like steve bannon, peter navarro, rudy giuliani, they ve all been targeted varro ru, too.oper and maybe that s all right and proper, but it s in the interestin the of democracyy least question it. many believe these agencies have become unaccountable and too powerful. wh
hearing on capitol hill. fbi director christopher wray on defense over the agency s alleged preferential treatment of democrats. senior, national correspondent kevin corke joins us here in the nation s capitol. good evening, kevin. kevin: you could call it a bipartisan be down today. hobbled and pilloried by the right and left for that matter at that hearing today on capitol hill. while his opening statement offered a forceful defense of the bureau, house members wasted little time in taking aim at the director for what they called corruption. and historically poor lead leadership. you preside over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the npr s history. people trusted the fbi more when j. edgar hoover was running the place then you are. you don t give straight answers. you give answers that later in court are deemed not true. kevin: wray fired back saying his agency remains popular. expect in your home state of florida, the number of people trying to come work