{"id":1944350,"date":"2023-06-05T12:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-americans-want-corrupt-fbi-to-be-reformed-or-shut-down\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T12:46:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:46:34","slug":"majority-of-americans-want-corrupt-fbi-to-be-reformed-or-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-americans-want-corrupt-fbi-to-be-reformed-or-shut-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans want FBI reform or shutdown due to corruption."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajority-of-americans-want-corrupt-fbi-to-be-reformed-or-shut-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1944350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Majority of Americans Want FBI Punished for Weaponizing Power, Poll Shows<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>More than half of the nation, 63 percent, want the FBI to face some form of punishment for weaponizing its power against the American people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sec-eyes-forcing-companies-to-disclose-data-on-social-issues-sparking-politicization-concerns\/\" title=\"SEC Eyes Forcing Companies To Disclose Data On \u2018Social\u2019 Issues, Sparking \u2018Politicization\u2019 Concerns\">achieve political goals<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/issuesinsights.com\/2023\/06\/05\/after-durham-report-voters-seek-deep-fbi-reforms-ii-tipp-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new poll<\/a> from Issues &#038; Insights and TIPP suggests.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s years-long malfeasance \u2014 which includes misleading Congress, covering up corruption, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-graham-nbc-makes-desantis-the-face-of-controversy\/\" title=\"Tim Graham: NBC Makes DeSantis \u201cThe Face of Controversy\u201d\">manufacturing scandals<\/a>, raiding the home of a former president, targeting innocent people based on their moral and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-has-begun-where-it-stops-nobody-knows\/\" title=\"The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.\">political beliefs<\/a>, and interfering in elections \u2014 is no secret to the majority of Americans who know the U.S. has a two-tiered system of justice.<\/p>\n<p>The agency\u2019s laundry list of deeply rooted corruption became even more obvious in recent weeks after Special Counsel John Durham confirmed there was never any evidence to sustain the agency\u2019s \u201cseriously flawed\u201d Crossfire Hurricane investigation of \u201ccollusion\u201d between then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russia.<\/p>\n<h3>Survey Results<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the 1,358 respondents surveyed between May 31 and June 2, 39 percent said they want the FBI to be \u201creformed by Congress to keep it from meddling in future elections.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Overall, 75 percent of Republicans, 59 percent of Democrats, and 57 percent of independents appear to understand that the FBI is a threat to the nation that must be addressed with some form of retribution or rehabilitation.<\/li>\n<li>Only 15 percent of Americans believe the FBI should be \u201cleft alone\u201d because it has already \u201clearned its lesson.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The desire to \u201cshut down\u201d the FBI is stronger among Republicans, 37 percent of whom said they want to see the agency torn down and then \u201crebuilt from scratch.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Blue voters may not be fully on board with annihilating the FBI, but nearly half, 45 percent, said they think a congressional overhaul of the agency is a good idea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Americans\u2019 frustrations with their weaponized government have grown increasingly evident over the last year. Approximately 58 percent of registered voters said last summer that Attorney General Merrick Garland should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-americans-want-corrupt-fbi-to-be-reformed-or-shut-down\/\" title=\"Most Americans want FBI reform or shutdown due to corruption.\">enforce federal law prohibiting protests<\/a> at the homes of Supreme Court justices following the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, while Garland was busy prosecuting his political opponents instead. Mere weeks after the FBI\u2019s partisan raid on former President Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home in August 2022, nearly half of independents confessed that the Department of Justice and the FBI \u201care too political, corrupt, and not to be trusted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until Congress enacts concrete reform, the FBI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-demand-details-on-how-irs-is-spending-its-80-billion-budget-boost\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans Demand Details on How IRS Is Spending Its  Billion Budget Boost\">partisan targeting<\/a> of Americans, reported retaliation against whistleblowers, and excessive stonewalling will continue while Americans\u2019 desires are ignored by their sworn representatives.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Jordan Boyd<\/strong> is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll by Issues &amp; Insights and TIPP shows that 63% of Americans want the FBI to be punished for using its power to achieve political goals. 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