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including of line prosecutors, so by which I mean, you know, not supervisors, not people with any power, just people who were tasked to, you know, carry out these prosecutions. This had been carried out largely by Acting Deputy Attorney General Emile Bovey, who was actually one of Trump's lawyers in the many prosecutions against him.

including of line prosecutors, so by which I mean, you know, not supervisors, not people with any power, just people who were tasked to, you know, carry out these prosecutions. This had been carried out largely by Acting Deputy Attorney General Emile Bovey, who was actually one of Trump's lawyers in the many prosecutions against him.

Now that Pam Bondi has been confirmed as Attorney General, we'll see what happens next. An effort to target the many, many FBI employees who were involved in carrying out this massive investigation into the insurrection. There was reporting that the Justice Department wanted to essentially carry out a purge of everyone who was involved in some way in these investigations.

Now that Pam Bondi has been confirmed as Attorney General, we'll see what happens next. An effort to target the many, many FBI employees who were involved in carrying out this massive investigation into the insurrection. There was reporting that the Justice Department wanted to essentially carry out a purge of everyone who was involved in some way in these investigations.

And like I said, that is an extraordinary number of people.

And like I said, that is an extraordinary number of people.

Exactly. And so I believe off the top of my head, I think the FBI has 38,000 employees. That's agents, analysts, everyone. It has about, I think, 13,000 agents. So 6,000 people is a lot of people in a way that would potentially really damage the FBI's ability to move forward as an organization just because, you know, if you fire everyone individually, This was really an all-hand situation.

Exactly. And so I believe off the top of my head, I think the FBI has 38,000 employees. That's agents, analysts, everyone. It has about, I think, 13,000 agents. So 6,000 people is a lot of people in a way that would potentially really damage the FBI's ability to move forward as an organization just because, you know, if you fire everyone individually, This was really an all-hand situation.

People were pulled in who had all kinds of expertise. And so if you let all these people go, what happens if you lose a bunch of your China counterintelligence experts? What happens if you lose a lot of your counterterror people?

People were pulled in who had all kinds of expertise. And so if you let all these people go, what happens if you lose a bunch of your China counterintelligence experts? What happens if you lose a lot of your counterterror people?

That's fair. I think the point that I'm trying to make is more that I think we should be very worried about what the long-term effects are on the security of the country and on the FBI's ability to work as a national security and law enforcement organization. if this happens. But the thing is, it hasn't happened so far.

That's fair. I think the point that I'm trying to make is more that I think we should be very worried about what the long-term effects are on the security of the country and on the FBI's ability to work as a national security and law enforcement organization. if this happens. But the thing is, it hasn't happened so far.

This seems to be kind of a effort from the acting FBI director, Brian Driscoll, who as a sidebar is in that role by accident. I'm sorry, can you explain?

This seems to be kind of a effort from the acting FBI director, Brian Driscoll, who as a sidebar is in that role by accident. I'm sorry, can you explain?

It's somewhat deranged and I'm not totally sure I completely understand. My, my best understanding is that, uh, so actually we have to back up and note the most noteworthy thing here, which is that the FBI director resigned before Trump took office. Uh, Christopher Wray, who Trump had appointed after he fired Jim Comey, the FBI director has a 10 year term. Wray had not served out those 10 years.

It's somewhat deranged and I'm not totally sure I completely understand. My, my best understanding is that, uh, so actually we have to back up and note the most noteworthy thing here, which is that the FBI director resigned before Trump took office. Uh, Christopher Wray, who Trump had appointed after he fired Jim Comey, the FBI director has a 10 year term. Wray had not served out those 10 years.

Wray resigned voluntarily ahead of time. Uh, Uh, because essentially I think he, he realized that Trump was going to fire him and wanted to get out ahead of that. So it is not normal for the president to come in and not have a Senate confirmed FBI director. Uh, Patel obviously has not yet been confirmed. So then we have this question of, okay, what are we going to do?

Wray resigned voluntarily ahead of time. Uh, Uh, because essentially I think he, he realized that Trump was going to fire him and wanted to get out ahead of that. So it is not normal for the president to come in and not have a Senate confirmed FBI director. Uh, Patel obviously has not yet been confirmed. So then we have this question of, okay, what are we going to do?

Who are we going to put in charge? The Bureau had selected two agents to serve as the acting director and the acting deputy director. It seems like what happened is that somebody put in the names reversed on the FBI website, and they decided that it would be more trouble than it was worth to switch the names. So the agents...

Who are we going to put in charge? The Bureau had selected two agents to serve as the acting director and the acting deputy director. It seems like what happened is that somebody put in the names reversed on the FBI website, and they decided that it would be more trouble than it was worth to switch the names. So the agents...