Paul Begala: In Washington, D.C., 'investigation' is politico-speak for 'cover-up'

Merrick Garland and Chris Wray are the heads of the DOJ and FBI , respectively.

Julian Zelizer : Any investigation from which they do not recuse themselves is poisoned.

Zelizer says D.C. fiefdoms are rife with anti-Donald Trump animus and patent incompetence.

He says Garland personally authorized FBI agents dressed in street clothes to perform the same maneuver the assassin attempted against Trump Saturday : to shoot to kill Trump , should he interfere with their unprecedented raid on a cooperating former president’s home. Zelizer writes: Garland has devoted extensive resources to suppressing the First Amendment rights of Americans who publicly agree with Trump .

Frida Ghitis: Anyone who thinks this agency should have anything to do with investigating the attack on Trump ’s life quite simply hates Trump and wants him dead.

She says the FBI worked hand-in-hand with other U.S. spy agencies to frame Trump as a Russian traitor to frame him as a traitor.

Ghitis says the agency has a long track record of bungling multiple politically sensitive investigations and allowing bias to destroy its investigations.

The FBI covered up Hillary Clinton’s lawbreaking misuse of classified documents on a private server set up to enable her own corruption.

The FBI still hasn’t solved the Jan. 6, 2021 , pipe bomb incident near Vice President Kamala Harris .

The former New York City Police Department chief, as well as multiple FBI whistleblowers and corruption watchdogs, have called for an investigation into the Trump assassination attempt.