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GOP senators deride idea of replacing FBI background checks for Trump nominees

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GOP senators say the FBI should retain its leading role in conducting background checks for high-level nominees.

They argue its agents have access to criminal information that private investigators simply can’t match.

The FBI also leads the nation’s domestic counterespionage efforts, serving as the lead agency for investigating and preventing foreign intelligence gathering activities.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been accused by a former Harvard University classmate of selling cocaine when they were students.

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is slated to serve as director of national intelligence.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers want to know more about her secret four-day trip to meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2017 .

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