{"id":2375099,"date":"2024-12-01T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T21:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawler-argues-trump-cabinet-nominees-will-return-doj-and-fbi-to-going-after-criminals-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T16:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T21:46:02","slug":"lawler-argues-trump-cabinet-nominees-will-return-doj-and-fbi-to-going-after-criminals-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawler-argues-trump-cabinet-nominees-will-return-doj-and-fbi-to-going-after-criminals-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawler argues Trump Cabinet nominees will return DOJ and FBI to \u2018going after criminals\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Flawler-argues-trump-cabinet-nominees-will-return-doj-and-fbi-to-going-after-criminals-washington-examiner%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=2375099&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--><p>Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) expressed support \u200bfor President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s nominations of Kash Patel as FBI\u2062 director and\u200d Pam Bondi as \u200bAttorney\u2062 General, asserting that they \u200balign with Trump&#8217;s campaign promises. Lawler described\u200c these appointments as beneficial, as he \u200cbelieves Patel\u2019s background, including\u200d his former role at the Department of Defense, equips him\u2063 to lead the FBI effectively. However, Patel&#8217;s nomination has sparked divisions within the Republican Party, with some members praising it while others support current FBI Director Christopher Wray.<\/p>\n<p>During a discussion\u2064 on CNN\u2019s &#8220;State of the \u2062Union,&#8221; Lawler emphasized that\u2064 Trump aims to reform the Department of Justice and the FBI.\u200c When questioned about concerns regarding Patel&#8217;s intentions \u2064towards\u200c Trump&#8217;s opponents, Lawler downplayed the idea of a &#8216;revenge tour,&#8217; suggesting that any worries should only stem from \u200dmisconduct carried out\u2064 in official roles. \u200bHe also reminisced about the FBI&#8217;s\u200b focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">combating terrorism post-9\/11<\/a>, contrasting it with what he perceives as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-drug-czar-claims-fentanyl-epidemic-has-slowed-despite-gop-making-progress-difficult\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s drug czar says fentanyl crisis &#039;slowed&#039; despite GOP hindrance\">current politicization<\/a> of the agency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Lawler argues Trump Cabinet nominees will return DOJ and FBI to &lsquo;going after criminals&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1896702\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) contended the news of Kash Patel being tapped as the Trump administration&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a> director and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pam Bondi<\/a> as the pick for Attorney General&nbsp;ought to be viewed as good news, as they will fulfill a promise President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> campaigned on before the Nov. 5 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Lawler dismissed that Patel&rsquo;s nomination is &ldquo;surprising&rdquo; to some, suggesting he is well-equipped to perform the role of directing the FBI due to his previous work, including working as chief of staff at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Defense<\/a>. Trump&rsquo;s nomination of Patel has split the Republican Party, with some praising the pick while others have expressed support for current FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christopher-wray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Christopher Wray<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3232494\/trump-wants-to-abolish-the-department-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW TRUMP&rsquo;S PROMISE TO ABOLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WOULD WORK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think there&lsquo;s no question President Trump made very clear that the Department of Justice and the FBI would be reformed if he was elected to a second term, and I think, obviously, with the selection of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel that&lsquo;s exactly what he&lsquo;s going to do,&rdquo; Lawler said on CNN&rsquo;s <em>State of the Union<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2711704&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=eb0b2655f6fe86dca8c0f93be7f84a20\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220424\/how-democrats-can-adjust-to-avoid-future-defeats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATS WEIGH CHANGE IN STRATEGY TO AVOID MIDTERM AND 2028 DEFEATS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lawler was then asked if he was concerned over Patel &ldquo;going after&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s opponents, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CNN<\/a> anchor Kasie Hunt stating that the nominee has &ldquo;a list of names in his book.&rdquo; The Republican lawmaker responded by stating the public is uninterested in &ldquo;a revenge tour,&rdquo; and that Trump&rsquo;s opponents should only be concerned if they did wrong &ldquo;in their official capacities.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lawler cited how he grew up in a post-9\/11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a>, during which the FBI was focused on combating terrorism, and that it is a far cry from the current FBI and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Justice<\/a>, which has become &ldquo;weaponized&rdquo; to the point of becoming &ldquo;completely political.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The lack of confidence that Americans have in the Department of Justice and the FBI is terrible, and so, obviously, we want a system that is reformed, that works for the American people, and that prosecutes criminals, and that should be the objective and the goal of every American,&rdquo; Lawler said. &ldquo;And obviously, that&lsquo;s what my hope is as the Department of Justice moves forward under Pam Bondi and the FBI under Kash Patel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Patel&rsquo;s nomination by Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/gop-sen-mike-rounds-expresses-support-fbi-director-day-trump-picks-rep-rcna182334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) spoke favorably of Wray<\/a>, and stated that Trump selected &ldquo;a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tackles-nfl-rules-rather-than-politics-in-latest-podcast-appearance-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump tackles NFL rules rather than politics in latest podcast appearance - Washington Examiner\">good man&#038;rdquo<\/a>; at the start of his first term, adding that he does not have &ldquo;any complaints&rdquo; over Wray&rsquo;s performance as FBI director. However, he added that he believes Patel, along with &ldquo;every one of these Cabinet nominees&rdquo; by Trump, would get confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1896702\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1896702\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawler claims Trump\u2019s Cabinet picks will refocus DOJ and FBI on crime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2375100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-Lawler-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45966,7076,18002,3634],"class_list":["post-2375099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cabinet-nominees","tag-doj","tag-lawler","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mike-Lawler-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375103,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375099\/revisions\/2375103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}