Lloyd Doggett said "I know the gentleman was expressing concern about using the Federal Bureau of Investigation with reference to political purposes. The gentleman is aware that it was the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) who himself talked about calling out the G-men, the government men, and mentioned using the FBI. We have seen that movie ``U.S. Marshal'', pulling in the U.S. Marshal on this. This is all in addition to Homeland Security. He said that he had a former Justice Department official on his staff investigating this and that they pulled in some United States attorney, those are the people in charge of prosecuting crimes in the State of Texas, but some United States attorney down there who was also diverted to this political task." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 20, 2003

I know the gentleman was expressing concern about using the Federal Bureau of Investigation with reference to political purposes. The gentleman is aware that it was the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) who himself talked about calling out the G-men, the government men, and mentioned using the FBI. We have seen that movie ``U.S. Marshal'', pulling in the U.S. Marshal on this. This is all in addition to Homeland Security. He said that he had a former Justice Department official on his staff investigating this and that they pulled in some United States attorney, those are the people in charge of prosecuting crimes in the State of Texas, but some United States attorney down there who was also diverted to this political task.

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Lloyd Doggett

Democratic · Texas

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about the use of the FBI for political purposes.

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