senate confirmed directors, and those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. but you would not get that impression, given the way director wray s fellow republicans attacked him in his agency during a hearing today on capitol hill. when the court says the fbi misled, that s a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi employees, or people that the fbi made contact with, we re in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption that there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol ungenerous six was part of some operation orchestrate by fbi sources and their agents is ludicrous. your job s review w
was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi agents is ludicrous. your job is to review what they do. your job is to protect the american people from a tyrannical fbi storming the home of a american family. i could not agree more with your description of the fbi being tyrannical. you preside over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the fbi s history. people trusted the fbi more when j. ed gar hoover was running the place. respectfully, congressman, in your home state of florida the number of people applying to come work for us is up over 100%. the american people fully understand there is a two tiered justice system that has been weaponized to persecute people based on their political beliefs and that you have personally worked to weaponize the fbi against conservatives. i would disagree with your characterization of the fbi and certainly your description. the idea i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me given my own personal backgro
the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wray s fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a hearing today. on capitol hill. when the court says that the fbi misled, that is a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi, employees, or people that the fbi could make contact with, to be in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption is there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say that this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol on january 6th was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi sources into
News reporting about whether shes picked up the phone and tried to call him. Plus, economic frustrations at a boiling point, when buying a home feels impossible and Concert Tickets are getting more and more out of reach. The new moves to help consumers from both the Justice Department and some folks here at nbc news. And the big border pushed by democrats, by congress, and the white house, and the major implications for republicans in the 2024 election. But we begin with that stunning aboutface in the president ial race. Nikki haley has called donald trump unstable, unhinged, and unqualified to be president. Now in her first public appearance since ending her campaign, she says shell help put him back in the white house. Ly be voting for trump. Having said that, i stand by what i said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me. And not assume that theyre just going to be with him. Well, trump will hav
This hour with Breaking News that the white house were any minute now were expecting President Biden to speak at a News Conference with kenyas president william ruto. The two are marking 60 years of diplomatic ties between these two countries. Yesterday, President Biden rolled out the red carpet for Brudos Arrival the First Official state visit of an african leader since 2008. And its happening as both china and russia expand, there fluence in africa cnns mj lee is live for us waiting for President Biden at the white house. And j, what more can you tell us about whats on the agenda today yet boris, we are running Just A Little Bit behind schedule, but we do expect eddie moment here. President biden and president ruto of kenya to walk into the east room im for that too, and to Press Conference, that of course, refers to the fact that each leader is going to get to call on to reporters of their choice from the respective press delegation. But one of the major announcements that we do exp