FBI Background Investigation Client Should Be Senate [View all]

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IIUC, the FBI background investigation is ordered by and done on behalf of POTUS. In situations like this, it is a huge conflict of interest. Since POTUS nominates someone with confirmation in mind, the incentive is to rig the investigation if a nominee has "issues" rather than investigate for truth.

(It would be like having the NTSB conduct a airline crash investigation paid for and on behalf of an airline!)

Therefore, if possible, the Senate should be able to order FBI background investigation with itself as the client. The FBI should follow the directions of the Senate on the parameters of said investigation and take no direction from the POTUS whatsoever.

Maybe from a legal standpoint, this isn't possible, I don't know. Maybe we need a new law for this. But my point is that the Senate should be able to order an FBI background investigation answerable only to the Senate.