Trump: If you polled the FBI, 'I would win that poll more than anyone has ever won a poll'
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- President Trump said Friday that "if you took a poll in the FBI, I would win that poll more than anyone has ever won a poll."
- His comments came after the Department of Justice's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, released a highly critical report of the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
- Horowitz found that while the actions of senior FBI leaders, like then-FBI Director James Comey, "cast a cloud" over the investigation, their actions were not driven by political bias, and there is no evidence that they acted to influence the outcome of the investigation.
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President Donald Trump touted his belief that he has high levels of support within the FBI during an interview with "Fox and Friends" on Friday.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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