Last week, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray. Grassley claimed that FBI whistleblowers have accused senior FBI leadership of abusing their authority to benefit the Democratic Party.

After reading Grassley’s letter, I found myself reminiscing on my time in law enforcement, focusing on one incident in particular. In December 2014, I was a lieutenant and the night shift duty officer for the Garden City Police Department. I received a solemn, early morning phone call from a patrol officer telling me they had pulled over former mayor and Chatham County Commissioner Dean Kicklighter, whom they suspected of driving under the influence.