Congressman Says He Doesn’t Trust the FBI to Objectively Investigate Dallas ICE Office Killings

“They’re overly political,” said Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas.

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Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call via AP

A Democratic congressman from Dallas said he doubted that the FBI would lead a thorough and objective investigation into a shooting that left two people dead near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in his district.

“I don’t trust anything that’s happening out of that agency at all,” Rep. Marc Veasey said. “I don’t trust them at all. They’re overly political.”

Officials were slow to answer many questions about the four people shot on Wednesday morning in Dallas, and Veasey, who represents the area where the shooting took place, says political “gamesmanship” was already spiraling out of control before anyone had real answers.