PolitiFact - Looking at claims about why the FBI is involved in the Pelosi case

Nov 04, 2022 View Original Article
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  • Policy Leaning

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    84% Negative

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"David Shapiro, a former FBI special agent and assistant prosecutor who teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told PolitiFact that federal involvement in criminal cases confers several advantages to victims, such as more investigative and prosecutorial resources, and the case may fit better under federal criminal law than state law."
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-24% Liberal
"Yet immediately upon SFPD and SFDA not reciting Pelosi's narrative to the letter, the FBI took over and did exactly that, one Instagram post said, referring to the San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco district attorney."
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-16% Liberal
"According to the Department of Justice, the FBI San Francisco Field Office, the U.S. Capitol Police and the San Francisco Police Department are investigating the incident in which David DePape is accused of breaking into the San Francisco residence of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi and hitting him in the head with a hammer."
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-30% Liberal
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38% : David Shapiro, a former FBI special agent and assistant prosecutor who teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told PolitiFact that federal involvement in criminal cases confers several advantages to victims, such as more investigative and prosecutorial resources, and the case may fit better under federal criminal law than state law.

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