Raskin Demands FBI Briefing On Efforts To Address White Supremacy Among Law Enforcement

[Nevilledog]

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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) issued a letter on Tuesday to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding an urgent briefing on how the agency is addressing extremist efforts to infiltrate law enforcement and the military.

“I am deeply concerned that the bureau dismissed this threat last year and instead characterized the threat of white-supremacist infiltration of law enforcement as a hypothetical problem that has not materialized,” Raskin who chairs the House Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee wrote in the letter, which was first reported by ABC News. “For the above reasons, I am requesting a member briefing on this topic no later than March 26, 2021.”

Raskin was among a group of House managers who delivered arguments in the Senate’s impeachment trail against former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January.

His letter requesting the subcommittee briefing comes after a report from ABC this week detailing a confidential FBI intelligence assessment about the ongoing issue of white supremacists and other right-wing extremists infiltrating the ranks of the police and military.

“They’re still attempting to recruit veterans and current members who are in military service or public service,” Nate Snyder, a former DHS counterterrorism official, told TPM of the problem. “This would be a whole interagency, whole-of-government approach if we were serious about it.”

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[rurallib]

1. All sorts of things are starting to ramp up.

I expect a summer full of revelations.

Very good, Mr. Rankin!

[lagomorph777]

2. The Summer Of Law.

Like flower power, only not fun at all if you are a GQP crook.

[rurallib]

3. That would be a great meme!

[stillcool]

4. Pedal to the metal...

such a great bunch of Democrats these days...although you'd never know it.

[Generic Other]

5. Racist cops need to be rooted out

No place for that kind of thinking.