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Aug 3
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Brian Driscoll on the Hollowing Out of t...

MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace
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Brian Driscoll was fired as acting director of the FBI after resisting Trump’s political retribution. Almost a year later, he has not lost faith in the agency. 
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