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Arkansas Gov Asa Hutchinson defends FBI in Mar-a-Lago search

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on June 27, 2022. Photo: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Gov. Asa Hutchinson defended the FBI as simply doing its job when agents seized boxes from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. He made the comments Sunday on CNN's "." What he's saying: "We cannot say that whenever they went in and did that search that they were not doing their job as law enforcement officers," the Republican governor told . "The FBI is simply carrying out their responsibilities under the law — a lawful search warrant that a magistrate signed off on," he said. Driving the news: Some Republicans are making , while federal agencies are on an increase in threats on law enforcement. A gunman attempted to in Cincinnati last Thursday, and protested outside FBI offices in Phoenix on Saturday. "Let's support law enforcement. Let's stand with them, whether it's the DEA, the FBI or your local law enforcement," Hutchinson said. "[It's] critically important that we do that because they're simply trying to do their job and to keep anarchy away from our country." Yes, and: about improving health care for women and babies following the state's near-total abortion ban. "Our infant mortality rate is not where it should be ... and so we want to expand Medicaid coverage health care services for that mom with that young child in their home to increase the chances of survivability and better health outcomes both for the mom and both for the child," he said. Flashback: Hutchinson the state requested a waiver to expand maternal health care services at rural hospitals through Arkansas' Medicaid program. Get more local stories in your inbox with .Subscribe Support local journalism by becoming a member.

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