It’s evident after listening to FBI Director Christopher Wray’s stunning exoneration of the FBI, after the release of the IG report on Monday, that he has no desire to ever restore credibility to the bureau, which no doubt has pushed him closer to the exit door.
His skewed take on Horowitz’s findings along with his whitewashing of the bureau’s willful malfeasance regarding the FISA warrants caught the ear of the President on Tuesday.
“I don’t know what report current Director of the FBI Christopher Wray was reading, but it sure wasn’t the one given to me,” Trump tweeted out concerning the Justice Department report.
“With that kind of attitude,” Trump added, Wray “will never be able to fix the FBI, which is badly broken despite having some of the greatest men & women working there!”
Wray apparently decided to dispute the President’s assertion that the FBI unlawfully spied on his campaign, and conducted an illegal counterintelligence operation by falsely acquiring FISA warrants against Carter Page, a low-level campaign worker, in an attempt to mount a “soft coup” using the phony Russian dossier as a pretext to discredit and damage his campaign.
Appearing on ABC News, Wray continued his narrative, “I think it’s important that the inspector general found that, in this particular instance, the investigation was opened with appropriate predication and authorization.”
Asked if he thought Trump’s campaign was unfairly targeted in the Russia investigation, Wray said: “I do not.”
Hours after the President’s broadside, Attorney General William Barr appearing on NBC News attempted to smooth over the growing animosity between the two men, by playing peacemaker.
Moreover acknowledging the serious failures by the FBI’s surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, adding “leaves open the possibility that there was bad faith” by the FBI.
Nevertheless, Barr seemed to support Wray stating that the director took over after the abrupt dismissal of James Comey in 2017, “has been working hard to address the problems in the past.”
Adding, “He’s brought in a good team,” Barr told NBC. “I have confidence in that team. But we can’t ignore the abuses of the past and appear to justify them or minimize them.”
However, history indicates that Barr’s support of Wray may be misplaced, in that the FBI Director has continually obstructed independent investigations regarding former FBI Director Comey’s culpability concerning his direct involvement regarding the Russian collusion scandal.
Wray for whatever reason has been systemically obstructing the DOJ’s effort to investigate the apparent malfeasance within the leadership of the FBI under then-Director Comey.
It took a lawsuit and the “Freedom of Information Act” to finally compel Wray to hand over documents revealing that the former FBI director along with several top officials within the department had abused their office.
The revelation that Wray was willfully obstructing justice came to light after the federal court issued an order that forced the FBI Director to hand over, the infamous 302 reports that linked top DOJ official Bruce Ohr within the Obama White House to the Russian collusion hoax.
Why Wray continues to obstruct justice is anybody’s guess. Perhaps he believes he needs to protect the institution at all costs, regardless of how tainted and corrupt that institution may be.
However, one thing has become painfully obvious; Wray is a part of the deep-state. He will not investigate his own department, and would rather pretend nothing happened during the 2016 election, and for that reason, I believe President Trump, perhaps after the Durham investigation will finally rid himself of Wray.
He is a fake person who doesn’t follow our laws. He should run for congress if he wants to change the laws.
In the meantime he swore to execute the laws already on the books.
Wray, Wray GO AWAY. What a POS, NEVER liked the choice. He was in with Comey and the rest of the retarded demoncrats.
Sorry after all is said and done I have a hard time accepting theat Wray would actually reform the FBI !!!
Wray is a major problem in the Department of Justice. Trump needs to clean out the department of the Never Trumpers and Obama holdovers.
It does not seem that Wray has changed much of crooked Comey….. Keep on covering up for those that did such damage to the FBI during Obumo./ Dem
It amazes me that the President can give these people wonderful compliments about their work and lives, give them fantastic jobs within the government of this great nation, and when he turns to walk away, they stab him in the back. It is getting sickening to see it happen time after time. Where are his advisers when he needs them, to vet these people before he hires them, not after.
Wray just another Obama plant in Trump admin. Our great president Trump needs to clean house asap. To many leakers and Trump haters in his admin.God bless Donald Trump POTUS.The best ever.
Totally agree that Wray needs to go. It’s been obvious to me for quite awhile that he’s just another “deep state “ snake.
Hit him in the ass with wet ink and make haste doing it. He has done nothing to cooperate.
Everybody tell the PRESIDENT to tell Wray :”YOU ARE FIRED”!
Comey and his three level inspectors of one of the most important investigations in US history and he says he doesn’t know what’s happening how is shame are we out of the director of the FBI that is in charge of this organization what a pity
It is very sad to have such blatant corruption at high levels in the FBI and must really be disheartening to rank and file agents who actually try to defend the constitution.
We as a nation are incredibly indebted to Donald Trump both as a President with the best interests of the American People at heart and as a skilled Businessman and Builder who knows well how to manage time and money AND personnel in these pursuits. It is unclear still how many layers of the toxic Government Leadership onion he will need to peel off before arriving at a layer of honest and able individuals. But PATIENCE was also one of the lessons he learned in his career, and he will need that patience now.
Wray is a giant ass wipe, he needs to go, he’s part of the DEEP STATE.
Why is everyone ok with the POTUS trashing the FBI? Shame on him and shame on those who think it is ok. I personally have had enough. I think it is total BS and the POTUS just says whatever he thinks will make him look better. On the off chance there was a problem within the FBI agency, a professional would handle it discreetly and not drag the name through the mud. That in itself should show you that it is all just a big show being put on by a reality TV star. It is time we start thinking for ourselves instead of letting FOX tell us what to think. Our democracy is at stake. When I stop and think about the circus that has gone on in the last 3 years it really has brought me back to my reality. The president has a lot of shady friends and deals. There is a saying “You can tell a man by the company he keeps.” Also when did Putin become a great friend of the USA and why? What changed? Think about that…
THE FBI EVEN BEFORE OBAMY WEAPONIZED IT AGAINST THE GOP WAS A JOKE TO LOACL POLICE DEPARTMENTS. LITTLE VESTS AND THEIR AUTOMATIC RIFLES RUNNING TO AND FRO AT SCEENS ALREAD UNDER CONTROL. EVEN WORSE NOW THAT OBAMA’S FBI,CIA AND NAS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED AS PART OF THE DEEP STATE. “NO MATER WHAT FINKELBERGERSTEIN SAYS.” MAYBE SHE CAN DIG UP ANOTHER LYING TURDETTE LIKE BALLS-LESS FORD.
Director Wray must go, as soon as possible.
It is incredible that he will not “fess up” and tell the truth.
And what about the media reports that for about 2 decades, the FBI has been lying in courts about hair matches? That is also perfectly all right with Director Wray?
If WRAY CANNOT figure THIS one out, then this BRAINDEAD individual needs to quit, retire, or get FIRED. That was the most INSANELY STUPID writeup EVER and he needs to be removed from his job ASAP. Team Trump and his allies 2020 – KAGA (Keep America Great again).
Yes; “Get the can we all just get along” turkey out of there.
Wray, as with Horowitz, is nothing more than another member of the ‘smoke and mirror’ brigade of entrenched elites. The “Mueller Report,” and this Horowitz IG investigation managed to introduce ‘biased’ opinion that gave the lovers of Impeachment a crumb to cling to! “Was unable to attribute ‘bias’ in the FBI, DOJ, CIA proceedings?” That is not just a ‘WHAT(?),’ that has to be the new definition of insanity for having even thought such! Those believing that ‘lie’ has succumbed to the adage that “repeating a lie often enough will make it true.”
Stay needs to be replaced immediately
Wray should have been gone a long time ago.I think he hiding a bunch of stuff
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