Feb 3, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Trump says FBI was a "tool" of his opponents

President Trump is going after the FBI again this evening in a series of tweets citing a Wall Street Journal editorial that says the agency influenced the 2016 election:

Why this matters: President Trump's attacks on the FBI are having a profound effect, according to a recent SurveyMonkey poll for Axios. Less than 40% of Republicans now approve of America's main federal law enforcement agency.

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