Among my favorite media-manufactured “controversies” are the ones where they take something that’s patently not scandalous but make hilariously desperate attempts to assert that it is.
That’s what CNN has been doing this week after FBI agents who investigated Jan. 6 defendants were directed by the Trump administration to fill out a questionnaire. The document reportedly asks agents to detail their current title and the extent of their involvement in the investigations. It’s unclear what purpose the information will ultimately serve, but it’s certainly not going to keep me up at night.
President Trump was elected to oversee the executive branch. The FBI falls under his purview, and nobody who works there should feel exempt from whatever scrutiny he chooses to apply.
But CNN’s Jake
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