By Jonathan Landay, Jana Winter and Erin Banco WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Top Democrats on the Senate and House intelligence committees called on Thursday for U.S. President Donald Trump's chief spy to brief their panels on why she was present at an FBI raid on an election facility in Georgia.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Massachusetts State Police touched down in two Western Massachusetts communities this week, but an FBI spokesperson declined to disclose specifics. The feds and state police organization were “conducting court-authorized activity” in both Chicopee and East Longmeadow on Wednesday,

Andrew Cherkasky, a former federal prosecutor, told Fox News Digital “there is undoubtedly a lot of money behind" agitators in Minneapolis, saying if alleged foreign money is involved there should be an investigation.

When the government fears its people, citizens' rights are in danger as shown in the cases of ICE enforcement in Minnesota and the FBI raid on a Fulton County voting site.

The 18-year-old Spokane resident accused of threatening to kill a Minneapolis FBI agent was remanded to home detention on Wednesday, but not without deep concern from the presiding judge. "The nature of the alleged offenses could easily be committed again,