FBI officials were 'rattled' and 'blindsided' by Trump's call for Ukraine

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FBI officials were "rattled" and "blindsided" by President Donald Trump's calls for Ukraine to manufacture dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son ahead of the 2020 election.
"You walk down the halls, and there was this sense of dread, and everyone's kind of thinking, did the president really do this?" one FBI special agent told Insider.
Officials are also frustrated by the Justice Department's decision not to launch a criminal investigation into allegations in a whistleblower complaint accusing Trump of breaking campaign-finance laws.
The Justice Department's handling of the matter added to concerns about whether the FBI was being "neutered as an organization," a US official told Insider.
Complicating matters is the fact that all this occurred against the backdrop of Attorney General William Barr's investigation into the origins of the Russia probe.
"There's a lot of concern among officials that they're going to get thrown into the blender, that they do all the work and then are ridiculed for it, and accused of facilitating a coup or doing the bidding of the deep state," Frank Montoya Jr., a recently retired FBI agent, told Insider.
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Three years ago, the FBI launched an unprecedented investigation focused on one question: Did President Donald Trump's campaign help a foreign power interfere in the 2016 election?

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Barr better nail these traitors to the wall. They know Trump did NOT ask for Ukraine to manufacture dirt on anyone. The IC DID try to manufacture dirt on Trump and paid C Steele to do it. They paid foreigners to manufacture dirt on Trump and participate in making up false allegations against Trump, then called for a SC who spent $25 M of tax payer dollars to go on a Witch hunt they knew was about nothing.
These people need to go to jail. Barr can't investigate fast enough.
They are getting nervous.
We'll see what happens.