Congressman Burchett suggests Trump target federal agencies like 'Grant during the Civil War'

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., suggested that if former President Donald Trump gets back into office, he should go after federal agencies like General Ulysses S. Grant attacked Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War. 

"When Trump gets back in, he better go through these departments like Grant through Richmond — you can look it up. Grant, during the Civil War, went through Richmond pretty brutally," Burchett said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. 

According to a recent story from Just the News, at least two of the 51 signatories of the infamous letter labeling reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop as a potential “Russian information operation” were CIA contractors when they signed it, raising concerns about the agency's involvement with the letter.

Many Republicans have been concerned about the weaponization of government agencies, including Trump, and congressional lawmakers have taken action to investigate it. 

"He better go through these departments [and] not just take the heads out," Burchett said. "I think he needs to dismantle them."

The Tennessee congressman said many Americans don't trust the "three letter agencies" in Washington, D.C., because of how political they have become.