Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi wasn’t happy after watching Republicans grill FBI director Christopher Wray in the House Wednesday. While Democrats questioned Wray for ignoring warnings about Jan. 6, Republicans sought answers to a slew of conspiracy theories and culture war grievances that go a…

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    They’re consistently rated as the most right wing alphabet agency. Mueller let Trump walk and the feds have been suppressing leftism and propping up right wingers forever. I do not understand this view of them liberals have but I imagine a lot of it is based around formerly held delusions about Mueller and television.

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      Some FBI agents want to uphold the law regardless of political party affiliation. Republicans, members of the party that’s currently committing most of the crimes, don’t like this.

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        Yeah, see, this is what I’m talking about. You have no data necessary to make that statement and we’ve seen nothing to indicate that there is a presence within the FBI that has a burning desire to fight Republican corruption. In fact we’re literally in the comment section for an article about the agency behaving exactly the opposite!!!

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          Some FBI agents want to uphold the law regardless of political party affiliation. Republicans, members of the party that’s currently committing most of the crimes, don’t like this.

          Yeah, see, this is what I’m talking about. You have no data necessary to make that statement

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          In fact we’re literally in the comment section for an article about the agency behaving exactly the opposite!!!

          This article is about Republican officials threatening FBI agents to prevent them being investigated, and attempting to corrupt and politicize the organization by placing cronies in charge. I don’t see any claims made about actual existing bias there, but rather perceived bias from Republicans. In fact it points out that the prosecutions of the Trump administration were performed by Trump appointees, which seems to imply the opposite of what you claim regarding bias. I’m not saying it doesn’t exist but it’s not in this article.

          As for weaponizing the FBI against their political rivals, the GOP is super into that. They publicly announced their intention to do so well in advance.

          Edit: Tsk, tsk, @AngrilyEatingMuffins. You’ve downvoted a good faith answer with citations, I guess you don’t like being corrected.