Has there been a time when the FBI didn’t? Except for television shows, minor cases and in Hannity’s mind, they don’t have a track record of good behavior from Hoover through today.
Whether it’s COINTELPRO, framing innocent men for murder, murdering the people at Waco, framing Richard Jewell, stealing civil war gold, protecting Jeffrey Epstein, or instigating numerous plots e.g. the kidnapping of a governor or the false flag of Jan 6, or oppressing concerned parents, Project Veritas, or Republican county clerks and recorders, it would appear that fighting actual crime is just a sideshow to the FBI’s primary mission.
That is a good point. Maybe most of us have been fooling ourselves about the real nature and practical purpose of the FBI. We in America still want to have faith in the integrity of other, especially those who could make life hell for us if they ever chose to.
Perhaps this role of “A well dressed, well armed Goon Squad 4 Hire” is not so very new after all.