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Former FBI Official Proposes 'Bipartisan Commission' to Vet Presidential Candidates Like Trump

2020-10-04

[AMGREATNESS] A former top FBI official on Thursday proposed that a "bipartisan commission" be created to vet presidential candidates so people like President Trump can never be elected again.
Like Iran has...
"We got this wrong, and this can’t happen again," said Frank Figliuzzi, who was briefly the assistant director of the FBI under President Obama.
When the FBI gets to say who can run for president it's time to disband the FBI.
During a discussion on MSNBC about Trump’s taxes Thursday morning, Figliuzzi opined that the president’s supposedly dire financial situation made him "vulnerable" to certain entities like {{{Russia}}}.

First he was briefly — ie not long enough to be confirmed, even by President Obama — the assistant director of the FBI, and now he is an MSNBC contributor, where he is no doubt making equivalently impressive contributions to the national understanding...

"He is the most vulnerable president in our history in terms of compromise and potential exposure to those who want to help him dig out of this financial pit in return for a price," Figliuzzi said. "And that’s where the national security problem comes in."

The former G-man added—without evidence—that the president was "entangled with Russia and the former Soviet Block," therefore he was potentially involved with Russian organized crime figures too.

"We need to have a national discussion about how we vet a presidential candidate," Figliozzi declared. "We screwed this up."

He suggested that the media in 2016 didn’t dig "deeply enough" to find dirt on Trump, and added "it’s time to have a discussion about a bipartisan committee that demands tax returns. Make that a requirement."

Figliozzi said the task of the committee would be to expose "financial pictures"of the candidates.

"We got this wrong, and this can’t happen again," he concluded.

Posted by:Fred

#17 First, how about a Peoples Tribunal, outside of the internal government organs (aka DoJ), for senior government officials that somehow escape other punishment for lying under oath, filing false official documents, or leaking information.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-10-04 19:17

#16 Obama raised salaries to the level of Kings and Queens for deep state and then brought in loyalists. They are just trying to protect their gravy train.

Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-10-04 18:48

#15 According to Wikipedia, Mr. Figliucci is no longer formally with the FBI:

Following his FBI service, Figliuzzi joined General Electric and served for five years as Assistant Chief Security Officer for investigations, insider threat, workplace violence prevention, and special event security for GE's 300,000 employees in 180 countries. Figliuzzi is currently a frequent National Security Contributor for NBC and MSNBC News.

Separately, it sounds like he was reasonably heroic as a Delaware state trooper. A pity he picked up bad ideas of ruler vs ruled as he rose through the ranks at the FBI.

Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-04 14:14

#14 Who vetted Frank?

Posted by: Airandee 2020-10-04 14:12

#13 Of course, first we'd have to form a committee to vet the vetters. Or we could just, I dunno, have a vote.

Posted by: Matt 2020-10-04 12:54

#12 its time to disband the FBI

Posted by: 746 2020-10-04 12:38

#11 "We got this wrong, and this can’t happen again," said Frank Figliuzzi, who was briefly the assistant director of the FBI under President Obama.

Glad, the guy is no longer assistant director of the FBI. Hopefully, he is gone from the FBI. The FBI got royally fokked-up under Obummer.

Echo the comment above: When the FBI gets to say who can run for president it's time to disband the FBI.

We, the citizens/voters will do the vetting of a candidate for POTUS.

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-10-04 12:21

#10 Who was more vulnerable -- a billionaire who owes money on profitable deal estate, an abusive womanizer, or a drug-user who goes for guys on the down-low?

Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-10-04 12:11

#9 "We got this wrong, and this can’t happen again," said Frank Figliuzzi, who was briefly the assistant director of the FBI under President Obama.

Who the bloody farking Hell are you to dictate what's "wrong" or "right" for the rest of us?

I look forward to the day when arrogant, totalitarian assholes like this guy are all dangling by the neck from lampposts.

We already have the only vetting committee we need: it's called the American People.

Deal with it.

Posted by: Dave D. 2020-10-04 12:09

#8 Much like Iran indeed. Only officially sanctioned cannidates allowed.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2020-10-04 11:14

#7 Vetting? I thought the bureau had that nailed down with people like Carter Page, James Comey, Peter Strzok. Was there a problem ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-10-04 08:53

#6 Trump v Deep State. It's a cage match.

Posted by: Clem 2020-10-04 08:51

#5 They only want their "approved" people to be voted for. That speaks volumes for what Trump is doing.

Posted by: DarthVader 2020-10-04 08:49

#4 I really just find some of this sh!t insane beyond belief. Figures it would come from a G-man. That speaks volumes. They also can't get over the fact that Trump can't be bought.

Posted by: Clem 2020-10-04 08:39

#3 "Who were the 12 apostles, then?"

Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-04 08:37

#2 deep stateian commission to exclude non-puppets.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-10-04 08:28

#1 Had a co-worker who kept a plaque on his desk that said "God so loved the World He didn't send a committee." I used to jerk him around by asking "Who were the 12 apostles, then?"

Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-04 07:37

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