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senate confirmed directors, and those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. but you would not get that impression, given the way director wray's fellow republicans attacked him in his agency during a hearing today on capitol hill. >> when the court says the fbi misled, that's a nice way of saying they lied. >> how many indivi...

was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi agents is ludicrous. your job is to review what they do. your job is to protect the american people from a tyrannical fbi storming the home of a american family. >> i could not agree more with your description of the fbi being tyrannical. >> you preside over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the fbi's history. people trusted the fbi more when j. ed gar hoover was running the place. >> respectfully, congressman, in your home state of florida the number of people applying to come work for us is up over 100%. >> the american peo...

the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wray's fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a hearing today. on capitol hill. >> when the court says that the fbi misled, that is a nice way of ...

Those institution of governance, power full organization, and the laws of this country, which he is so manipulated and distorted in order to advance his own personal agenda. when i think about what donald trump has done to the tenants of this great democracy, this great country of ours, it really just demonstrates the depth to which he will go in order to do anything to hurt, harm, and i think put a great risk to those who have the audacity to speak out against him. >> i love if you could talk more about the guardrails themselves. we know about this literal weaponizing of the federal governmen...

Weaponizing of the federal government in this case, for example, the irs or doj and its hiring and firing practices, because of john kelly and his testimony under oath. i wonder the degree to which you think those guardrails hold if trump was reelected another four years. he is, of course, running for president. you intimated just now that you are concerned about it. institutionally speaking, can the center hold? >> it's a good question. john kelly, who is a very close former colleague of mine, is also a close friend. he decided to do that job of chief of staff at the white house knowing that ...