'Politically motivated' FBI treated conservatives like domestic terrorists on Wray's watch: whistleblower

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In a December interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," Trump said, "I can't say I'm thrilled with him," when asked if he would fire Wray upon entering his second non-consecutive presidential term.
44% : "He invaded my home," Trump said, referencing the FBI's 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
43% : Trump announced at the end of November his nomination of Kash Patel - a Trump ally and previous chief of staff to the secretary of defense - as the next FBI director.
36% : Patel has been critical of the FBI's handling of investigations relating to Trump.
32% : In December 2023, the House Judiciary Committee released a report titled "The FBI's Breach of Religious Freedom: The Weaponization of Law Enforcement Against Catholic Americans."
30% : While Wray, who was appointed by Trump in his first term, has faced scrutiny from conservatives for a kind of political bias in the bureau, FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin said the FBI's shift toward politicized agendas within its field offices began in the post-9/11 era when sweeping reforms and surveillance powers were granted the agency.

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