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On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
I do worry about damage. I worry about the full-throated attack -- this is the first president -- I've been here for eight presidents. This is the first president to make a full-throated, unvarnished attack on the entirety of the FBI, not going after J. Edgar Hoover, who was one person in the FBI. This is to discredit the FBI and discredit his own Justice Department.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden expresses concern about President Trump's attacks on the FBI and the Justice Department.

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