If anybody is politicizing the FBI is the President and the supporters. And that is a threat to the rule of law.
David Axelrod: “If anybody is politicizing the FBI is the President and the supporters. And that is a threat to the rule of law.”
On the recordJanuary 22, 2018
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David Axelrod argues that President Trump's actions are politicizing the FBI and threatening the rule of law.
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