The Idaho Republican Party unanimously passed a resolution calling for the “abolition” of the “corrupt government agency” if it “cannot be reformed”.
The resolution highlights the FBI’s history of “misconduct, including abuses of power, entrapment, and other unconstitutional actions that violate the rights of Americans” and states, “recent revelations have shown that the FBI has engaged in government overreach, including the use of politically motivated investigations, illegal surveillance, and the targeting of political opponents.”
As reported by the Idaho Tribune, the resolution passed unanimously by 216 elected Republican representatives.
“The resolution outlines some of the most egregious of these abuses, COINTELPRO, a counter-intelligence program carried out by the FBI between 1956 and 1971 which ‘illegally surveilled, infiltrated, and disrupted civil rights activists, political dissidents, and other individuals considered a threat to national security,’” the Idaho Tribune report explained.
The resolution cites the Waco siege and the tragedy at Ruby Ridge as instances highlighting the agency’s disastrous history.
The FBI siege of a cabin in Ruby Ridge, Idaho in 1992, which resulted in the unnecessary deaths of Vicky and Sammy Weaver as well as a U.S. Marshal due to excessive use of force and revised rules of engagement promulgated by the FBI, leading to the violation of the rights of the individuals involved.
the 51-day standoff between the FBI and the Branch Davidian religious group in Waco, Texas in 1993, ended
in a preventable, deadly fire that killed 76 people, including 25 children, some of whom were shot
In its conclusion the resolution states that “if the FBI cannot be reformed to operate within the confines of the Constitution with respect for the rights of American citizens, the Idaho Republican State Central Committee supports the abolition of this corrupt government agency.”
