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Trump spent the last two years Trump spent the last two years bashing the FBI.

Now the DOJ is preparing to indict former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.

And news reports suggest the FBI investigation of Supreme Court Justice Brent Kavanaugh was curtailed.

Will the FBI ever be the same?

Let's get on topic. Welcome to On Topic. A weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the week's news.

My name is Renato Mariati. I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a CNN legal analyst.

And I'm joined by my friend Patty Vasquez, the host of the Patty Vasquez show, who joins us regularly on this podcast?

Well, Patty, I have to say, there's been a lot going on this week,

and I think I should probably just get our guest in because absolutely we can she knows the stuff she's got the she's got the good to me

Yeah, she's she knows more than either of us do about this topic.

So now I'd like to bring in our guest,

Asherin Gappa, many of you know her because she is a CNN legal and national security analyst.

She also was an FBI counterintelligence agent

for a number of years.

And of course, she's also a professor at Yale University. And she is our number one most popular guest on on topic

by based on your listener survey.

Welcome back to our to the podcast, Asha.

Thank you so much for Nato.

OK, so you know, it was interesting.

You and I, I think, discussed some different topics for this week.

And, you know what I you know what I think but

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