America's ‘Law And Order’ Party Has Unleashed An Extraordinary Attack On Law Enforcement
President Donald
Trump called himself the “law
and order” candidate. Members of law enforcement, Trump said, were the “most
mistreated people” in America, and it was time to give them their power
back. “We’re
going to support you like you’ve never been supported before,” he said in a
speech last year. “We love our police and law enforcement ― God Bless them
all!” he tweeted last month.
FBI agents aren’t
feeling the love these days.
Call it the war on
G-men. As they’ve run interference for Trump by undermining the special counsel
investigation being led by Robert Mueller, some Republicans on Capitol Hill
have unleashed broad attacks that suggest the nation’s premier law enforcement
agency is tainted by corruption and malfeasance.
They’ve latched onto a
text showing a FBI official joking about a “secret
society,” and suggested there was a “deep
state” plot to “subvert the will of the American people.” They’ve
compared the actions of U.S. law enforcement officers to the KGB, and said they
have a secret
memo written by Republican staffers proving “shocking,”
“sickening,” “jaw-dropping” law enforcement conduct that was “worse than
Watergate.”.. read more: