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Politics● ElevatedNov 3 · Nov 3, 2026, 2:56 PM

Former head of Chicago’s FBI office says Trump team ordered ‘politically motivated investigations’ into protesters

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‘I was ordered by the highest levels of the FBI that I needed to leave my position’

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