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160631 Maybe you can respond in writing. CHRISTOPHER WRAY: Yeah. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. DICK DURBIN: Thank you, Senator Blumenthal. Senator Cruz. TED CRUZ: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Director Wray, welcome. As you know, I am deeply concerned about the conduct of both the Departm
y in the last three years during the Biden administration. I think the Department of Justice has been profoundly politicized under Attorney General Merrick Garland, and I think the FBI has as well. TED CRUZ: And unfortunately, I think you've been unwilling to stand up to senior career officials in the FBI, wh
bout the impact and the steps being taken to mitigate the threat of this intrusion." Law360 (1/22, Subscription Publication, 9K) reports that Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D- CT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) also signed the letter. They are urging "national court officials to reveal whether seale
of a 10-year term for the FBI director serves the important purpose of insulating the bureau from political pressure." Along with Biden's chose of Merrick Garland, who didn't endorse Biden, as his attorney general, the "decisions send a signal that the new president is serious about not interfering in prosecu
n), Forbes (01/04, Durkee), Reuters (01/04, Goudsward), MSNBC (01/04, Rubin), Esquire (01/04, Pierce), New York Post (01/04, King), HuffPost (01/04, Blumenthal), Courthouse News Service (01/04, Knappenberger), Spectrum News (01/04, Tasolides), Yahoo News (01/04, Knowles), and ABC News (01/04, Faulders) als
Reuters (01/04, Morgan, Ax) noted that FBI agents from the Omaha-Des Moines office are assisting in the investigation and that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland was briefed on the shooting. The story was also reported on by ABC News (01/04, Osborne, Margolin, Deliso), Axios (01/04, Ta), BBC (01/OS, Kim), CN
the FBI identified as another attempt on Mr. Trump's life at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday. The article mentioned that Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut and the chairman of a Senate subcommittee investigating the security failures in Butler, said that what happened on July 1
gnificantly from the bad old days of the 1990s, but it is only now returning to pre-pandemic levels. The author added that in June, Attorney General Merrick Garland greeted the latest quarterly update of available FBI statistics like a conquering hero, saying, "This data makes clear that last year's historic dec
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