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Deadline: White House

"The hypocrisy of Trump 2.0"

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

Politics, News, Ms Now, Msnbc, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Versant, Washington Dc, Government

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

"Hypocrite" is an interesting word to use, considering its source: an FBI Director, who NOT ONLY promised, under oath, that his agency would refrain from retaliating against targets of Donald Trump.

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0:00.0

Look, this is a complete weaponization of justice and politicization to advance a narrative

0:10.1

rather than protect the American citizen.

0:12.3

And as I told you in your office, I have no interest, no desire, and will not, if confirmed,

0:16.6

go backwards.

0:17.6

There will be no politicization at the FBI.

0:19.9

There will be no retributive actions taken by

0:22.2

any FBI should I be confirmed as the FBI director. And this is the focus of this FBI. We aren't

0:27.4

about politics and we're certainly not about weaponization. We're not chasing down our political

0:31.5

enemies. We are holding those accountable to the American public that did weaponize it. That's not

0:36.6

us weaponizing government. They are the

0:38.5

hypocrites. Hi again, everybody. It's now five o'clock in New York. Hypocrat is a fascinating

0:46.1

word for Cash Patel to select, considering its source, an FBI director who not only promised

0:52.0

under oath and in interviews that his agency and he would refrain from retaliating against targets of Donald Trump.

0:59.6

It's been proven a lie, but also, as you just heard, insisted that the FBI would refrain from putting politics ahead of the health and safety and security of the American people.

1:10.2

Quote, the complete weaponization

1:12.1

of justice and politicization to advance a narrative rather than protect the American citizen.

1:17.1

So again, I'm going to let you decide. Cash Patel's use of the word hypocrite in evaluating

1:22.3

the latest reporting from our MS now colleague Carol Enig, who writes this, quote,

1:26.8

when FBI director Cash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their

1:31.8

role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite

1:36.7

counter-espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes

1:42.0

in Iran, as occurring to more than a half dozen sources with

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