FBI Director Christopher Wray defends agency after Trump's attacks

CNN ^ | 2017-12-07

[jerod]

Washington (CNN)FBI Director Christopher Wray defended his agency Thursday in his first public appearance since President Donald Trump said the bureau is "in tatters."

Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, asked Wray about what he's doing to clear the ranks of the FBI by people "tainted" by bias.

"I think these matters are being looked at, as they should be, by somebody outside the FBI, and when those findings come to me, I will take appropriate action if necessary," Wray said, referencing the ongoing inspector general investigation. "The first thing I'm doing is respecting the outside independent investigations that are underway. ... My preference is to be one of these people who is not an act first and ask questions later guy."....

GOP Rep. Steve King, of Iowa, pressed Wray on the decision to change former FBI Director James Comey's statement on Clinton's email investigation to say Clinton had been "extremely careless" rather than "grossly negligent." He was referencing how an early draft of a memo by Comey described the behavior of Clinton as "grossly negligent" for her handling of classified information, though Comey in his July 5, 2016, public statement didn't use that term.

"Gross negligence is the language in the statute I believe," Wray said. "But I believe also that almost anybody who grabbed a thesaurus would say that gross negligence and extremely careless are pretty darn close to each other."

[Shane]

It amazes me that Trump had such success in business, because he seems to be terrible at picking the right people!!