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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

GOP senator calls fellow Republicans ‘stupid’ for trying to defund the FBI

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A Republican senator condemned members of his party making “stupid” comments about the FBI and Department of Justice in response to the agencies’ prosecutions of Donald Trump.

Chuck Grassley of Iowa was speaking with a local PBS station on Friday when he was asked about Republicans in his party, including presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy, who have staked out various extreme positions against federal law enforcement agencies as they carry on a naked effort to court supporters of Donald Trump. The former president currently faces numerous criminal charges stemming from four federal and state-level cases.

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