FBI folds the public corruption squad that aided Jack Smith's Trump investigations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The move to shutter the unit comes amid a major shift of FBI resources towards immigration enforcement, an area which is primarily the responsibility of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
37% : " The investigation into the effort by Trump and allies to overturn the 2020 election results was launched in April 2022, before Trump had announced his run for president in 2024.
34% : The FBI's Washington Field Office has three units that work on public corruption issues, but this one -- known internally as "CR15" -- was deeply involved in the bureau's "Arctic Frost" investigation, which was the precursor to the Smith probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results by Trump and his allies.
34% : After Trump launched his campaign, then-Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith as special counsel in late 2022, saying it was in the public interest to have an outsider lead the investigation rather than have Garland, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, oversee the probe.
30% : Trump was indicted in August 2023, but his trial was delayed by appeals, which resulted in a Supreme Court ruling that gave Trump immunity for his official actions taken as president.
14% : That investigation ultimately resulted in one if the two federal criminal cases against Trump, both of which were dropped after Trump's election.
11% : Smith issued a report, writing that Trump "inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence" during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and that Trump had knowingly spread an objectively false narrative about election fraud in the 2020 election.
10% : "My oversight has shown time and again how the FBI's CR-15 unit was weaponized to execute one-sided political attacks, particularly against President Trump and his allies," Grassley said in a statement.

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