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Matt Gaetz: “People trusted the FBI more when J. Edgar Hoover was running the place than when you are.”

On the recordJuly 11, 2023
People trusted the FBI more when J. Edgar Hoover was running the place than when you are.
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Matt Gaetz
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Gaetz compares current FBI trust levels unfavorably to Hoover's era.

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