Article originally appeared on dailycaller.com.
“Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Sunday asked President-elect Donald Trump more than a dozen times about whether he would use the levers of power to target his political rivals.
Trump nominated former Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi of Florida to be attorney general and former Trump administration official Kash Patel to be director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in November. Welker asked Trump on “Meet the Press” about a list of people Patel listed as members of the “deep state” in a book, and repeatedly pressed the president-elect about whether he would target his political opponents. (RELATED: ‘They Came In Illegally’: Trump Clashes With ‘Meet The Press’ Host Over Deportation Promises)
“He has a list in his book of 60 people that he calls members of the so-called deep state. It includes Democrats like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, it includes former members of your cabinet from Bill Barr to Christopher …
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