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Scoop: FBI director threatened to resign amid Trump, Sessions pressure
Axios ^ | 1/22/18 | Jonathan Swan

Posted on 01/22/2018 5:52:17 PM PST by markomalley

Attorney General Jeff Sessions — at the public urging of President Donald Trump — has been pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, but Wray threatened to resign if McCabe was removed, according to three sources with direct knowledge.

McGahn has been informed about these ongoing conversations, though he has not spoken with Wray about FBI personnel, according to an administration source briefed on the situation. Trump nominated Wray, previously George W. Bush's Deputy Attorney General, last June to replace James Comey as director.

Trump has also tweeted negatively about other senior FBI officials who are allies of Comey, including the former top FBI lawyer James A. Baker who was recently “reassigned” after pressure from Sessions.

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said of Wray: “As we’ve said, the president has enormous respect for the thousands of rank and file FBI agents who make up the world’s most professional and talented law enforcement agency. He believes politically-motivated senior leaders including former Director Comey and others he empowered have tainted the agency’s reputation for unbiased pursuit of justice. The president appointed Chris Wray because he is a man of true character and integrity and the right choice to clean up the misconduct at the highest levels of the FBI and give the rank and file confidence in their leadership.”

As I reported last night, Sessions has adamantly urged Wray to make a "fresh start" with his core team.

Trump and other Republicans have been hammering McCabe — who was selected by the White House as acting director after the Comey firing — for months on Twitter.

The latest: The New York Times — and others — reported in December that McCabe "is expected to retire after he becomes eligible for his pension [in] early [2018]." But senior Justice officials are still not sure what McCabe plans to do.

The FBI declined to comment for this story. Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores also declined to comment. 


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To: McGavin999

Yeah. So what does McCabe have on Wray?


21 posted on 01/22/2018 6:21:30 PM PST by 4Runner
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To: gibsonguy

I would not be surprised if Wray threatened to walk to save that piece of shite McCabe.
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That’s exactly what the article is saying happened.
McCabe is dirty.
Anyone standing up for him is dirty, too.


22 posted on 01/22/2018 6:22:06 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Billthedrill

(applause)


23 posted on 01/22/2018 6:26:42 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: markomalley

I don’t give a rats arse about media firestorms!!!! The real evidence will speak for itself, scorch the friggin earth now!


24 posted on 01/22/2018 6:31:04 PM PST by databoss
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To: markomalley

It’s Axios


25 posted on 01/22/2018 6:31:45 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Bonemaker

I was hoping the FBI got someone on the outside to be their Director. The late Obama appointment McCabe is corrupt as all heck. Wray has said to Congress that he’s waiting for the OIG report before he takes action. We’ll see. “McCabe is a “train wreck” that was recently quoted in the press.


26 posted on 01/22/2018 6:33:29 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: markomalley

Sessions should just tell him we’re rolling up the corruption in the Bureau and he can assist in that or be rolled up with it.


27 posted on 01/22/2018 6:33:59 PM PST by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: markomalley

I haven’t trusted Wray since his evasiveness when testifying before congress.


28 posted on 01/22/2018 6:49:34 PM PST by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: EarlyBird
The Art of the Deal won today!!

And Schumer had to eat dirt.

Trump wanted DACA and immigration separated out of the budget. That's what happened.

Good Faith between the Dems and Repubs come next. But if you think the President is going to sign anything they come up with...you're being silly.

Now what are the Dems going to do....try to blackmail President Trump....again....with DACA.

He's thinking...

My guess is that there is a way to fund the wall without Congress. I remember Sessions saying that we pay tons of money to Mexicans that could be re-routed. I'll look it up.

The President is playing it just right.

29 posted on 01/22/2018 6:54:25 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: markomalley

OK - Indict him, he’s violated the Hatch Act and probably much more. Go get him.


30 posted on 01/22/2018 6:55:34 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Golden Eagle

Wray ought to be fired. He is no better than corrupt comey.


31 posted on 01/22/2018 6:57:06 PM PST by Okeydoker
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To: Red Steel

There are a few FBI career employee who has turned bad, McCabe being one, but most of the corruption comes from appointees - Comey, Mueller, and more.

I suspect there are a number of excellent career employees who serve in large, important positions more than capable of being the director. And possibly among the retired career FBI there are even more.

This cabal of FBI appointees and DOJ troublemakers are not what the FBI is all about. Judicial action is badly needed to get the cleaning process underway.


32 posted on 01/22/2018 7:04:46 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: markomalley

If it is true let Wray go.


33 posted on 01/22/2018 7:14:57 PM PST by kempster
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To: markomalley

Why can’t we get an FBI director who is loyal to our nation rather than to the Deep State/NeoCons?


34 posted on 01/22/2018 7:22:34 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: markomalley

mccabe needs to be fired before he can retire


35 posted on 01/22/2018 7:23:31 PM PST by rolling_stone
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To: markomalley

If Wray thinks McCabe is worth protecting then there is something seriously wrong with Wray


36 posted on 01/22/2018 7:27:53 PM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: gibsonguy

Appointing a Bushie Deep Stater to clean up the FBI is likely asking a pyromaniac to head a fire department.


37 posted on 01/22/2018 7:29:37 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Mariner
FAKE NEWS

I wish it were real.

38 posted on 01/22/2018 7:33:32 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
Appointing a Bushie Deep Stater to clean up the FBI is likely asking a pyromaniac to head a fire department.

Wray is a Mueller and Comey wannabe. Wray wished that he went along when Mueller and Comey pulled that stunt at John Ashcroft's hospital bed.

39 posted on 01/22/2018 7:36:50 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

Having now seen the CNN spin on this report, and they’re eating it up, this may indicate that McCabe is about to be fired or prosecuted (or BOTH!) - and this is setting the stage, “no, McCabe & Comey (and Wray?) are good folks but that darn Trump doesn’t want anybody to learn about ‘collusion’” - or something ... but IMO it’s a preemptive announcement from deep state and that could be one implication.


40 posted on 01/22/2018 7:37:33 PM PST by Steven W.
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