White House Has Tight Grip Over FBI in Pursuing Trump Targets, Agent Says
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- NYT reports: “Bryan Witt, an F.B.I. agent, said the inquiry mandated by Kash Patel, the bureau’s director, was generally viewed inside his office as a “witch hunt.””
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