And fbi are, quote, independent. they are not independent agencies. they are part of the executive branch. they answer to the elected president of the united states. >> that view that the doj and the fbi should not be independent from the presidency is actually gaining traction among conservatives and not just the ones whose name end in trump. "the new york times" points out today mr. trump's promise to use the justice department to go after his enemies fits into a larger movement on the right to gut the fbi and abandon the norm the department should operate independently from the president. t...