hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. a new chapter in the house gop s plan to govern for fox news and fox news only began today. the committee set up for one purpose only, that is to fuel the right s favorite conspiracy theory, but somehow, the deep state, is out to protect democrats and persecute conservatives and the disgraced ex-president and his allies. the so-called select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government held its very first hearing today. republicans invited a panel that included senator chuck grassley, who once said this, that the fbi was, quote, corrupted to its core. senator ron johnson, who has never met a conspiracy he didn t really like a lot. and former congresswoman and current fox news regular tulsi gabbard. here s just some of what they had to say. it s clear to me that the justice department and the fbi are suffering from a political infection that, if it s not defeated, will cause the american people no longer to trust thes
on the fbi s part. i also think, look, i handled assets both at the cia and the fbi. this is nothing new. but typically, when i handled them, they were on my terms, and it sounds like charlie s handling them on their terms, which tells me that s grooming behavior on the part of those, well, he thinks assets, but really, they re recruiting him. and so, really, him going to baseball games with them, you know, in their sporting boxes, that right there is a red flag, also clearly the switching of the phones, to really circumvent the policy of the fbi is obviously a huge red flag. but i think one of the bigger problems lies that really hasn t been discussed is, you know, his reinvestigation for his clearances. why did none of this come up before, when some of it should have, because it was documented. tracy, what do you think is happening at the fbi in terms of answering some of those very good questions, sort of an i.g. or an inside audit of those very
on children. this is not a political movie. this is not a witch hunt. these are genuine concerns for children. it is abuse. it s grooming behavior and it it s predatory. the anger is largely aimed at school libraries and many texas politicians are on board n.october republican state legislator matt kraus requested every school disfrikt in the state scour their libraries for a list of 850 books. this is the texas list and it seems to be books that are representative of lbgtqa characters and subjects and topics, books that may contain depictions or narratives of sexual violence, survivor stories. some books that are about racism. reporter: the list includes new kid, a graphic novel about a black student s struggles fitting in a majority white school.
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pledging that i ve provided obscene material, who am i going call first. reporter: across texas protesters at school board meetings are accuse educators of forcing pornography or obscene content on children. this is not a political vain. this is not a witch hunt. this is a genuine concern for children. it s grooming behavior and it s predatory. reporter: the anger is largely aimed at school libraries and many texas politicians are on board. in october republican state legislator matt kraus requested every school district in the state scour their libraries for a list of 850 books. the pattern seems to be books that are representative of lbtgia subjects and characters and topics, books that may contain depictions or narratives of sexual violence, survivor