What Wray News Today

hi there, everyone. its 4:00 in new york. before the january 6th select committee ever got off the ground, before it existed, and well before the first signs ever emerged that the justice department was investigating the trump part of the trump coup plot, before even donald trumps second impeachment trial wrapped up. one local prosecutor in georgia decided she would take on donald trump and the unprecedented assault on our democracy in the wake of the 2020 election and she launched a c...

Christopher Wray reflected on the current threat landscape during a visit to Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service.

Story is being sort of metabolized on both sides of the ideological spectrum. it seems irreconcilable for the fbi, especially an agent that says as opaque a government agency that exists in this country. what do you do about it? >> the fbi has no answer to this because at the heart of it is an allegedly corrupt fbi agent which is not something that they need right now. theyre having a very hard time responding to it other than to come out and point out as fbi director christopher wray has said, ...

What wray and the attorney general are essentially saying is were going to sort of nationalize or federalize these investigations. so just think of it as a task force or a tracking effort because so much small stuff and big stuff is going on at this stage. the small hacks, the big hacks weve seen atika loanial and the meat industry. to get a sense whats happening out in the field to focus on crypto currency and other payments thats happening that may disclose cyber attacks and also to compel or ...

Theory there was some sort of deep state treasonous plot and coup against him. >> the inspector general found that in this particular instance the investigation was opened with appropriate predication and authorization. >> do you have any evidence that the fbi targeted trump campaign unfairly? >> i dont. >> what wray said is at odds with what the president and his defenders increasingly rely upon. alternative facts, also known as lies. wray debunked a different lie with this statement. >> we hav...

Abide by or understand the law, ill accept foreign information on my opponent and wont listen to what wray says, ill say hes wrong. these are the kinds of things that shows he cant execute the laws which is the oath he takes. and thats the basis of impeachment. >> so where does this go from here? >> well, to be honest, without nancy pelosis blessing, its not going to go anywhere. we have 68 folks who are in favor of impeachment or impeachment inquiries, there are more that are out there. and i t...

>> i agree with you. thats why im in favor of an impeachment inquiry and in favor of impeachment. there is enough in the mueller report based on obstruction of justice. there is enough with emoluments. there is enough with disrespect for the first amendment, for the press, for the judiciary, et cetera. and then for just his refusal to abide by or understand the law, like ill accept foreign information on my opponent and i wont listen to what wray says. if the fbi says its illegal, ill say its wr...

Left the room, they came back into the hearing. there was confusion. even among jeff flake himself, what he was asking for, there was confusion between grassley and feinstein, and grassley quickly took the vote and gavelled. and what happened in that moment is mcconnell and senate leadership and the white house and don mcgahn realized they had an opportunity to have a process not to get to the truth but a process to get to a result. and the result was going to be the final confirmation of kavana...

Process to get to a result. and the result was going to be the final confirmation of kavanaugh regardless of this. they were willing to take the scars. i dont think were surprised by what wray said today. but when people talk about the integrity of the court in jeopardy, its more than that. its the integrity of the senate judiciary committee and everybody who served on that committee. >> so congressman, what are people left to think about that famously tortured face of the senator from arizona, ...

If i am given the honor of leading this agency, i will never allow the fbis work to be driven by anything other than the facts, the law, and the impartial pursuit of justice, period, full stop. my loyalty is to the constitution and to the rule of law. those have been my guide posts throughout my career, and i will continue to adhere to them no matter the test. >> no matter the test. seven months after fbi director made that pledge, we may get to see -- we may have a chance to see how far it goes...