Rand Paul: FBI Will only Be Reformed if
We Remove and Replace Top 10% of the Agency
Breitbart Clips,
by
Ian Hanchett
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
1/25/2023 5:33:30 AM
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Eric Bolling The Balance,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) argued that the FBI’s leadership has become a “political class” and that reforming the agency is “only going to happen if we get a president who gets rid of the top 10% and brings in some law enforcement people” who are not political actors.
Paul stated, “I think it’s swamp fever, Potomac fever. The ones closest to the swamp have become infected with influence and power and politics. I play golf with a retired FBI agent. He’s conservative. Most of the agents that I meet in the field are conservative.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 1/25/2023 5:35:26 AM (No. 1386675)
He's being generous.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
FJB 2022 23 24 1/25/2023 5:35:42 AM (No. 1386676)
Yep agree 100%. Let's get the "fire"ball rolling.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
chumley 1/25/2023 5:43:37 AM (No. 1386681)
Better to remove the top 100%, and replace them with nobody. Our liberty has suffered horrible damage at their hands. A new crew will do the same thing as soon as they find out they can get away with it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
FormerDem 1/25/2023 5:57:00 AM (No. 1386690)
Do what Rand Paul said
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 1/25/2023 6:11:04 AM (No. 1386695)
Even if removed, the stain will linger for a generation....
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 1/25/2023 6:18:52 AM (No. 1386703)
I would say the top 25% or more should be removed. Most are hold overs from the Obama Administration. Most were put in place by Eric Holder. Trump made the biggest mistake when he took office by keeping these people in place and then having Wray as FBI Director.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
BarryNo 1/25/2023 7:02:25 AM (No. 1386720)
I agree with response 1: that's a very optomistic view. And where are you going to get replacements? You shovel muck out of the swamp, what do you fill the hole with before the surrounding swamp simply all seeps in and fills itself with more muck?
Who will watch the watchers?
Our elected officials helped in corrupting the last batch of Watchers.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 1/25/2023 7:11:53 AM (No. 1386723)
Remove every one but the whistle bowers.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 1/25/2023 7:31:22 AM (No. 1386737)
More must be done than simple removal. There must be some punishment as a warning to others.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
stablemoney 1/25/2023 7:35:18 AM (No. 1386745)
We do not need a secret police agency, one with databases and file on every one of us.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
singermom9 1/25/2023 7:53:30 AM (No. 1386763)
DEFUND it all along with the CIA, DOJ and the Dept of Education.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bpl40 1/25/2023 8:25:28 AM (No. 1386789)
Lock, stock and barrel. This rotten outfit is beyond repair or redemption.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
felixcat 1/25/2023 8:33:08 AM (No. 1386798)
Gut the agency and remove its Intelligence function. If we keep it, just let it be an agency that investigates interstate criminal activity like bank robberies.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 1/25/2023 8:35:07 AM (No. 1386801)
I’m sorry, but Senator Paul is wrong. The only solution to the FBI is its dissolution. J. Edgar Hoover started this criminal organization as a criminal organization operating under the color of law. It is rotten to the core and no amount of reform can fix it.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 1/25/2023 9:19:37 AM (No. 1386836)
Rand Paul is one of the few people in Washington I might actually still trust.
Does anyone really believe Congress will clean up the FBI?
Clean up Congress first.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
red1066 1/25/2023 9:26:53 AM (No. 1386841)
10%? Is that all? If reforming the FBI and sending a message to those running this corrupt government agency, then we have to start with at least a 25% reduction of the top staff and a gutting of the FBI budget. Followed by the same reduction in the DOJ, State Department, IRS, and the complete elimination of the Department of Education and EPA.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Right Time 1/25/2023 9:40:25 AM (No. 1386858)
Anyone hired by the FBI after President Reagan can keep their job or retire with full benefits.
All others: GIT!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 1/25/2023 10:06:23 AM (No. 1386893)
Please make that 30%.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Venturer 1/25/2023 10:18:59 AM (No. 1386900)
10% ?? It's a start.
The problem is much deeper, but 10% off the top would give a hint to others that it's time to walk the straight and narrow.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
hershey 1/25/2023 10:22:46 AM (No. 1386902)
Remember...a fish rots from the head....
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DW626 1/25/2023 10:24:25 AM (No. 1386904)
Nope! They ALL gotta go, and be investigated. Every last agent…and all the janitors and maintenance people working at their office buildings too.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
jimincalif 1/25/2023 10:28:33 AM (No. 1386909)
Meh, maybe 10%, maybe 100%, it might help in the near term, but ultimately I don’t think it matters. The same forces that corrupt multiple federal agencies still exists, and human nature is such that it will happen again with new actors. These agencies need to be GONE, and the federal government reduced to and permanently confined to its constitutional limits. But the deep state will never allow this to happen, and the electorate has been miseducated for so long there isn’t the understanding or political will to make this happen.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
IowaDad 1/25/2023 10:43:39 AM (No. 1386914)
Hmmm -- A valuable president will get rid of 100% of FBI leadership, 100% of DOJ leadership, 50% of State Department leadership , and about 30% of all other agency leaderships. Should be a routine at every election.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/25/2023 11:18:48 AM (No. 1386934)
I would go 25% but this is a start. Once they go from cop to politician, it's time to move on.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Geoman 1/25/2023 2:02:30 PM (No. 1387085)
The original mission of the FBI is needed now more than ever. The "top 10%" is likely a larger number than it may seem; however, if the Biden administration gets to pick the replacements, the outcome would undoubtedly be worse. If the democrats can be ousted from the Whitehouse and control of the Senate next year, then the 10% decapitation would be effective. Short of that, even a 100% turn-over would be meaningless. Total dissolution would be a gift to organized criminals, especially those within our government.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 1/25/2023 3:04:58 PM (No. 1387146)
Remove 50 percent of the FBI. What could it hurt? At 100 percent they are giving the Keystone Kops a run for their money.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/25/2023 4:27:32 PM (No. 1387184)
Maybe a lot bigger percentage than that, as the old adage that “birds of a feather flock together” applies, and in this particular case, clearly politicized super bureaucrats seek to flock together by assigning and promoting like thinking lower level bureaucrats into higher level management and supervisory positions in agencies whereby the bureaucrats can all flock together and trust each other, especially when it comes to any issue that is politically connected.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
babsathome 1/25/2023 5:35:23 PM (No. 1387223)
Right on RP !! It is refreshing to hear that from such a good person. Sleazes like Paul Ryan would never express this view. My kid was repeatedly recruited by them and other DC alphabets. Glad they stayed in military. Least compromised. Still have high percentage of ethical people.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
DiegoDude 1/25/2023 6:17:57 PM (No. 1387263)
I think an enema is the way to go. Flush out all the $#!@.
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