FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY HE WOULD STEP DOWN FROM HIS POST BEFORE DONALD TRUMP IS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT.
IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY HAD SENT AN 11-PAGE LETTER TO WRAY ON MONDAY EXPRESSING A VOTE OF “NO CONFIDENCE” IN WRAY’S ABILITY TO CONTINUE LEADING THE BUREAU.
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GRASSLEY ALSO MET MONDAY WITH KASH PATEL, WHO PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP PLANS TO NOMINATE TO BECOME THE NEW F-B-I DIRECTOR.
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SEVEN YEARS AGO, WRAY WAS NOMINATED FOR THE POST BY THEN-PRESIDENT TRUMP AND GRASSLEY PRESIDED OVER THE CONFIRMATION HEARING, WHICH RESULTED IN WRAY SECURING A TEN-YEAR TERM AS THE F-B-I’S DIRECTOR.
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GRASSLEY SAYS WRAY HAS FAILED IN THE FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES AS DIRECTOR, SINGLING OUT WHAT HE CALLS “AN INVASIVE AND UNWARRANTED FBI RAID ON TRUMP’S MAR-A-LAGO RESIDENCE.”
IN THE LETTER, GRASSLEY TELLS WRAY THAT HIS FAILURES “ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH AND THEIR PATTERN WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO HAVE SHATTERED MY CONFIDENCE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP.”
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GRASSLEY ISSUED A STATEMENT WEDNESDAY SAYING “WRAY’S DEPARTURE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW ERA OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE FBI.
FUTURE FBI DIRECTORS OUGHT TO LEARN A LESSON FROM WRAY’S MISTAKES. STONEWALLING CONGRESS, BREAKING PROMISES, APPLYING DOUBLE STANDARDS AND TURNING YOUR BACK ON WHISTLEBLOWERS IS NO LONGER GOING TO CUT IT.”
