FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...
Larry do you approve of this? If so why?
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Larry do you approve of this? If so why?
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An agency with the power to decide who gets to broadcast is supposed to be independent from the president so it won't abuse that power. If it's not, then we are letting the president seize the power to censor.
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
An agency with the power to decide who gets to broadcast is supposed to be independent from the president so it won't abuse that power. If it's not, then we are letting the president seize the power to censor.
CARR: Heheh. I don't get into the specifics of conversations
K: Would it be appropriate for him to give you direction to pressure media companies?
C: I'm not gonna get into hypotheticals
K: The easy answer is 'no'
CARR: Heheh. I don't get into the specifics of conversations
K: Would it be appropriate for him to give you direction to pressure media companies?
C: I'm not gonna get into hypotheticals
K: The easy answer is 'no'
CARR: The president designated chair of the FCC
K: So he's your boss
C: Look--
K: You swore an oath. Does it have the word 'president' in it?
C: I'm not tracking
K: Do you remember the oath?
C: Sir--
K: What are you protecting?
C: In this job--
K: The Constitution
CARR: The president designated chair of the FCC
K: So he's your boss
C: Look--
K: You swore an oath. Does it have the word 'president' in it?
C: I'm not tracking
K: Do you remember the oath?
C: Sir--
K: What are you protecting?
C: In this job--
K: The Constitution
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly