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Amy Klobuchar praises the FBI, then promptly reminds everyone that the FBI is awful

By Becket Adams
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Amy Klobuchar praises the FBI, then promptly reminds everyone that the FBI is awful

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota invoked the civil rights movement Wednesday, moments after she defended the FBI from criticisms of its surveillance of the 2016 Trump campaign.

Here is a thought: If you are going to defend the FBI from allegations of seriously shady, unethical behavior, maybe don’t then also remind everyone that the bureau has historically engaged in seriously shady, unethical behavior.

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