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Bill Kristol: The Preposterous and Ridiculous Lies About the FBI

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Kash Patel's Jan 6 lie requires FBI officials to have been able to see into the future: to *know* that Trump would lose in 2020 and then try to get Congress to reverse the election results. And they also would have to have known they could get thousands of people to attack the Capitol—just to make MAGA look bad. Are GOP senators really going to clear this conspiracy theorist extraordinaire to run the bureau? Plus, the martyrology around Jan 6 an…

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'Dysfunction is unacceptable': Here’s what legal experts say 'disqualify' Trump’s 'shocking' FBI pick

Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's far-right pick for FBI director, has not been shy about promoting conspiracy theories — from echoing QAnon's claims to claiming that the FBI engineered the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building. In an article published by the conservative website The Bulwark on January 5, legal experts Thomas Joscelyn and Norman L. Eisen argue that Patel's false claims about the Capitol insurrection should…

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Bill Kristol: The Preposterous and Ridiculous Lies About the FBI

Kash Patel's Jan 6 lie requires FBI officials to have been able to see into the future: to *know* that Trump would lose in 2020 and then try to get Congress to reverse the election results. And they also would have to have known they could get thousands of people to attack the Capitol—just to make MAGA look bad. Are GOP senators really going to clear this conspiracy theorist extraordinaire to run the bureau? Plus, the martyrology around Jan 6 an…

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Adam Kinzinger: Trump’s Lies About January 6 Are Unacceptable

Adam Kinzinger had a promising career in the Republican Party. A decorated veteran, he served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was elected to Congress from Illinois in 2010 and left Congress in 2023. He was one of ten Republucans who voted to impeach Trump for his role in the insurrection. He was one of two Republican members of Congress who served on the January 6 Commission, along with Liz Cheney. Both of their political careers are over unless the…

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