Victor Davis Hanson recently appeared on FOX News and was asked about the FBI raid on Trump’s Florida home. His response should be heard by everyone, especially our leaders in Washington, DC.
He does not believe the FBI should continue to exist in its current form.
As a professor of history and celebrated writer, Hanson is one of the most serious thinkers of our time. He is not a man who engages in careless rhetoric. When he speaks in this way, people should sit up and take notice.
CNS News provides a transcript:
Victor Hanson: ‘We Don’t Have Rule of Law in Washington … FBI is Beyond Redemption’When asked about the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Fla., professor, author, and political commentator Victor David Hanson said, “right now, we don’t have the rule of law in Washington,” and added that, “The FBI is beyond redemption.”Hanson, who was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush, made his remarks on the Aug. 9 edition of FNC’s Tucker Carlson Tonight, guest-hosted by Will Cain.Cain asked Hanson why the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago and why were they targeting Trump.”Well, they’re afraid in the short term,” he said, in reference to the Democrats and the left, “but in the long term they believe they’re morally superior to America, and therefore any means necessary or justifiable for their morally superior ends.””And right now, we don’t have the rule of law in Washington,” said Hanson. “Whether you’re targeted or exempt depends on your ideology.”…”Now we go after a president and go to his house with 30 agents,” said Hanson. “In the past, when a high official was called for a congressional subpoena, Eric Holder just said, ‘I’m not going and I’m not turning over any of this fast and furious.'””The idea that you would put him in shackles or you confront him with his family and grab his phone is just ridiculous,” said Hanson. “But this is what we’re doing on an ideological basis.””And when you start to do that, you don’t have a democracy anymore,” he added. “And I don’t think we do.”…As for the FBI, Hanson remarked, “I never thought I would say this: The FBI is beyond redemption. It is — all of its bureaus and its institutions that have to be farmed out and broken up. If you have a warrant, an FBI warrant, there is no guarantee that that has not been altered. If you subpoena and you want FBI records on phones … they will be wiped clean.”
Watch the whole segment below:
Hanson expanded on his thoughts in a recent column.
From Real Clear Politics:
FBI, R.I.P.?The FBI is dissolving before our eyes into a rogue security service akin to those in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.Take the FBI’s deliberately asymmetrical application of the law. This week the bureau surprise-raided the home of former President Donald Trump — an historical first.A massive phalanx of FBI agents swooped into the Trump residence while he was not home, to confiscate his personal property, safe, and records. All of this was over an archival dispute of presidential papers common to many former presidents. Agents swarmed the entire house, including the wardrobe closet of the former first lady.Note we are less than 90 days out from a midterm election, and this was not just a raid, but a political act.
I have to echo Hanson’s point. In the same way that he never thought he would say this, I never thought I would hear him say this.
His point should be taken very seriously.
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