{"id":44253,"date":"2022-01-14T12:31:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44253"},"modified":"2022-01-14T12:31:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:31:49","slug":"is-it-possible-to-restore-trust-in-the-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44253","title":{"rendered":"Is It Possible To Restore Trust In The FBI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/articles\/2022\/01\/the_fbis_broken_relationship_with_us.html?fbclid=IwAR10oRR2Of-H6wlJ0fxmME4NUN0gebrAiI4CEHc--cBO1qbaFO_AaSZSzi8#.YeF0TK9egvg.facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The American Thinker<\/a> posted an article highlighting how the FBI has broken its relationship with the American public.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>All large organizations suffer from the occasional presence of bad actors.\u00a0\u00a0The FBI is no exception.\u00a0\u00a0But it managed to retain a good relationship with the public in spite of its flaws because it was still solving rather than creating crimes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>But something fundamentally changed in the last five years.\u00a0\u00a0The Comey clown car arrived in the center ring and unloaded under the spotlight.\u00a0\u00a0As the public watched the comedy of James &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/joe-digenova-cardinal-comey-destroyed-fbi\">The Cardinal<\/a>&#8221; Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, and Lisa Page, searching for phantom Russian colluders under the bed, while actual Russian colluders cheered them on, we knew we needed to take a closer look.\u00a0\u00a0The examination has been shocking.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The &#8220;Midyear Exam,&#8221; the bureau&#8217;s name for the Hillary Clinton email investigation, was a farce.\u00a0\u00a0No subpoenas were issued, central figures were given immunity without cooperation, evidence was destroyed by the FBI, and then the attorney general had a clandestine meeting with &#8220;Slick Willy&#8221; Clinton \u2014 the husband of the target.\u00a0\u00a0Surprise: No charges were filed.\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;The Cardinal&#8221; Comey held a press conference and announced that even though Hillary had broken numerous laws, she didn&#8217;t mean it, so he was giving her a pass.\u00a0\u00a0It must have been an accident that an email server, containing classified documents, appeared in her bathroom \u2014 with a support staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>&#8220;Crossfire Hurricane&#8221; was the investigation into alleged Trump collusion with Russia to steal an election.\u00a0\u00a0Within a couple of months, the bureau knew that the whole thing was a hoax created by Hillary, yet the investigation continued for three years \u2014 eventually transitioning into a special counsel investigation.\u00a0\u00a0Peter Strzok called &#8220;Crossfire Hurricane&#8221; the bureau&#8217;s insurance policy \u2014 against a Trump presidency.\u00a0\u00a0It was a good way to show off for his mistress, Lisa Page \u2014 a rabid anti-Trump FBI lawyer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The &#8220;Midyear Exam&#8221; was a cover-up, and &#8220;Crossfire Hurricane&#8221; was a setup.\u00a0\u00a0Both were exposed by the clown show the FBI put on.\u00a0\u00a0Now the public is paying attention.\u00a0\u00a0Conspiracies that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago seem entirely plausible now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The FBI will cease being the &#8220;plumbers&#8221; (the nickname for Nixon&#8217;s henchmen) for the Democrats and become the enemy of both parties.\u00a0\u00a0Then either it or America will die.\u00a0\u00a0A free people cannot coexist with a secret police force, using investigations for purposes other than law enforcement.\u00a0\u00a0The contest will be epic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/americans-reached-tipping-point-national-163000607.html\">Zogby poll<\/a> found that by 46 to 31 percent, members of the public think\u00a0their sheriff&#8217;s department has more legal authority than the FBI.\u00a0\u00a0Obviously, the legal authority of the bureau is not subject to opinion.\u00a0\u00a0It is defined by statute.\u00a0\u00a0But there&#8217;s an important message in that poll.\u00a0\u00a0We are self-governed.\u00a0\u00a0Legal authority, without moral authority, equals no authority \u2014 at least not over free people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please follow the link above to read the entire article. We currently have a problem in the Department of Justice, and the FBI is only a small part of that problem. When anyone who disagrees with the Democrats is at risk of being investigated for being a domestic terrorist, we have entered the world of totalitarian governments. That is not a place I want to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday The American Thinker posted an article highlighting how the FBI has broken its relationship with the American public. 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