Republican presidential nominee Vivek Ramaswamy said Friday that the president already has the power to shut down government agencies, including the FBI, without going through Congress.
Ramaswami previously voiced support for the FBI’s closure following the release of Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the origins of the FBI investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign. was He also vowed to pardon those convicted of “politicized prosecutions,” including former President Donald Trump. (Related: ‘Will You Share This Thought?’: Republican Presidential Candidate Lists 15 Questions for FBI Director Ahead of Hearing)
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“Glenn, I have a clear vision of shutting down much of the executive state,” Ramaswamy said in an interview with The Daily Caller and Tucker Carlson, co-founder of The Daily. He told talk show host Glenn Beck shortly after. Caller News Foundation. “First of all, I am a unique combination because I do it on the basis of strong legal authority. , the Supreme Court also shares my view of the Constitution.”
“The president of the United States already has statutory powers and the Presidential Reorganization Act of 1977 says he can shut down overlapping government agencies,” Ramaswamy explained to the former Fox News host. “Well, what the DEA and the U.S. Marshals are doing gives us a legal justification for shutting down the FBI without asking Congress for permission or pardon.”
Mr Ramaswamy also said the civil service law was misunderstood regarding the reduction in the number of civil servants.
“The civil service protection protects against individual dismissals of employees for purported political reasons,” Ramaswamy told Beck. “They don’t apply to mass layoffs. Mass layoffs are what I bring to Washington, DC.”
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