Stephen Richer

have a lot of confidence in the FBI and the Department of Justice as it previously existed.

And I still have a lot of confidence in a lot of the people there.

These people are amazing.

They really believe in the role of the agencies.

They believe in doing justice.

They're highly professional.

They're highly skilled.

Unfortunately, as you said, those people are leaving.

And if you look at the New York Times story, I think just a day or two ago, about what's going on with the applications to the Department of Justice, it's very telling.

One, the number of applications is way down and they're struggling to recruit the same high quality, high caliber people that they were previously.

And two, as part of the application process, applicants have to answer questions about which parts of the Trump agenda they like most, how they will advance the Trump agenda.

And this is just so anathema

to anyone who really believed in in the justice department's mission and the fbi's mission that i do think it will have a corrosive effect i just don't know how long it will take to get to the tipping point where those are the types of people who are running ops um what is the save act and why do the republicans care about it so much yeah there's a few pieces of legislation right now that

Republicans are trying to put forward to supposedly close gaps in problems that they see with election administration.

One's the Save Act, one's the Save America Act, and one's the Make Elections Great Again Act.

The SAVE Act is aimed primarily at proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

So under the National Voter Registration Act, the NVRA, which was passed in the 90s, if you want to vote in elections in the United States under federal law, you just have to attest under penalty of law that you are a United States citizen.

You don't have to show documented proof of citizenship.

The Republicans want to change that such that you have to show either a passport or a birth certificate when registering to vote.

Now, I actually think that there's something to that idea.