GOP opens ‘weaponization’ probe with sweeping claims of bias
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI, ERIC TUCKER, KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have opened a new inquiry with a brazen attempt to portray the federal government as weaponized against Americans. The first hearing Thursday of the House subcommittee on alleged “weaponization” of the government featured partisan and blatantly inaccurate testimony by some of the most veteran Republicans in Congress. Rather than focusing on new information, the hearing delved deep into well-litigated complaints over the Trump-Russia investigation and misjudgments by FBI officials that have been documented for years. Democrats accused Republicans of misusing their oversight and investigative power to go after against civil servants in the Biden administration.