President Donald Trump’s current Director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, has a history that goes back to former Director, James Comey. Wray began his tenure as FBI director 11 months ago. Since then the record of the organization has been atrocious. They have stonewalled virtually every oversight request from Senate and House committees in outright defiance of the separation of powers. This article looks at what Mr. Wray has done since becoming Director. It examines how Wray has not worked well with Congress. It asks and answers the question about whether or not President trump has the right man there.
As Written and Reported By Roger L. Simon for PJ Media:
Maybe get a country lawyer.
What was going on in Donald Trump’s head when he tweeted Friday in response to the inspector general’s devastating report on the FBI that “Christopher Wray will bring it proudly back!”?
Perhaps the president thought he had better things to do than face another interminable nomination battle for a new director. Or perhaps he was trying to co-opt Wray. But if the FBI is meant to come back, proudly or otherwise, Christopher Wray is not the man. He is part of the problem.
In fact, Wray’s continuance as director signals the government is not serious about significantly reforming the FBI and that what changes will be made will be essentially cosmetic, lipstick on the proverbial pig. (The inspector general’s report can be read that way as well.)
This is not just because Wray worked under James Comey in his first important job as assistant attorney general in charge of the criminal division (2003-2005). That would be guilt by association, although in this instance it’s some association. What’s more important is what Wray himself has done recently or, more specifically, has not……
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Christopher Wray Not the Man to ‘Proudly’ Fix the FBI | Roger L. Simon
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