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Acting FBI Director DEFIES Trump in SHOCK move [1]
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Date: 2025-02-02
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Brian Tyler Cohen (with Glenn Kirschner)
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Selected Quotes:
1:04 but here is the really important part
1:06 and I want our viewers to hold fast to
1:08 this because it's a really good and
1:10 important development um the Department
1:13 of Justice at the White House's urging
1:16 we told acting director [Brian] Driscoll and
1:19 want the names of the 1,000 or more
1:23 agents who worked on J6 cases and a and a
1:26 couple of other cases um and so
1:30 Driscoll is resisting he's reportedly
1:33 saying No because Brian let's remember because Brian let's remember
1:37 these attempted firings if they go
1:39 through are Lawless there are procedures
1:43 in place at the FBI as in every agency
1:47 before you can terminate somebody there
1:50 it has to be has to be a reason
1:52 performance-based there are hearings there are hearings
1:54 there there is due process the Supreme
1:57 Court said before you can fire somebody
2:00 from the federal government and the
2:02 Trump Administration is ignoring and
2:04 violating all of it so here is the one
2:07 the brand new thing I want to read from
2:09 NBC news reporting this is a message this is a message
2:12 that reportedly is being circulated by
2:15 FBI agents within the FBI um describing
2:20 how acting director Driscoll is standing
2:23 up to the Department of Justice and the
2:25 bottom line DOJ came White House quote
2:29 over and wanted to fire a bunch of J6
2:32 Agents Driscoll is an absolute stud held Driscoll is an absolute stud held
2:37 told White House proxy his ground and
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