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Wray defends FBI after 'sobering' watchdog report
The Hill ^ | 06/14/18 | Katie Bo Williams

Posted on 06/14/2018 8:00:04 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

FBI Director Christopher Wray told reporters Thursday afternoon that he was "disappointed" by the findings of the Justice Department office of inspector general's (OIG) report on the bureau's conduct during the 2016 election, saying that the bureau accepted its recommendations.

“As far as the report goes, there are some sobering lessons in there,” Wray said in a brief press conference held shortly after the 500-page report was made public. “Number one, the importance of trying to make sure we avoid even the appearance of bias in all of our work."

But he also voiced support for the integrity of the bureau as an institution, tacitly defending the law enforcement agency from months of broadsides from President Trump and other Republicans who have damned it as “corrupt” and “biased.”

“The OIG report makes clear that we’ve got some work to do,” Wray said. “But let’s be clear on the scope of this report. It’s focused on a specific set of events back in 2016, and a small number of FBI employees connected with those events.

“Nothing in the report impugns the integrity of our workforce as a whole, or the FBI as an institution.”

ETC...

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chriswray; chriswraypresser; dojigreportreleased; fbi; wray
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To: chris37

Trump has the power, but obviously lacks the Courage or the will to really take on the Deep-State. His “Briefing” by Rosenstein today was for me the last straw.


61 posted on 06/14/2018 10:04:20 PM PDT by heights
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To: heights

I’m frustrated.

To allow this to continue any further is to put America in fatal jeopardy IMO.

This is bad.


62 posted on 06/14/2018 10:19:11 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: yesthatjallen

“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... My client, the defendant, is a Republican. That tells you all you need to know about the credibility of the FBI testimony in this case.”


63 posted on 06/14/2018 10:54:03 PM PDT by TChad
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To: yesthatjallen

You know when the fix is more sensitivity training, that nothing is fixed.


65 posted on 06/15/2018 2:27:29 AM PDT by Freedom_2_ADM
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To: mindburglar

No criminal referrals in this whitewash. Just referring a few agents to OPR which does nothing. This HR process takes years and the most that will be done is they will be fired or retired.


66 posted on 06/15/2018 2:34:02 AM PDT by Freedom_2_ADM
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To: LeoWindhorse

Right now, the FBI is lower on the ladder of public respect and integrity than NAMBLA and ISIS. Wray sure doesn’t help matters in that regard.


67 posted on 06/15/2018 3:28:34 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: Alberta's Child

The pentegon needs to do an air strike on the FBI HQ.


68 posted on 06/15/2018 3:30:01 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: yesthatjallen

What you are seeing is the Obama/Holder DOJ in action. After 8 years we have nothing but seditious bastards at the top.


69 posted on 06/15/2018 3:31:37 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: LeoWindhorse

I am now rooting for the Mafia. The ‘Mob’ could clean house for us we’d really appreciate it. Just business.


70 posted on 06/15/2018 3:33:27 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: mindburglar

The Mafia has more integrity.


71 posted on 06/15/2018 3:34:53 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: DesertRhino

What’s amazing is not ONE patriot has resigned and run his mouth. We are dealing with Nazi’s.


72 posted on 06/15/2018 3:35:48 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Kickass Conservative
Do you miss me yet?

"The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form."

73 posted on 06/15/2018 3:39:01 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: yesthatjallen

There has to be a highly respected former FBI Assistant Director that supports President Trump and the law to turn this dysfunctional organization around. Wray was obviously a very bad choice.


74 posted on 06/15/2018 3:47:43 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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The IG report and the Wray response was Comey 2.0........what a rotten politically biased morass the fbi has become....swamp creatures......but Wray’s response is sort of ‘yeah but at least it’s not too bad’ and we are sending our agents to class so they can learn to conduct unbiased investigations...wtf man...


75 posted on 06/15/2018 3:53:10 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: yesthatjallen

Wray should be fired.


76 posted on 06/15/2018 4:14:54 AM PDT by Savage Beast (President Trump and His Supporters Are the Resistance! VIVE LA RESISTANCE! KAG!!!!!)
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To: yesthatjallen
“Number one, the importance of trying to make sure we avoid even the appearance of bias in all of our work."

Yeah, ok. Translation: in the future, the swamp will keep doing the same things, they’ll just do a better job of covering it up...

77 posted on 06/15/2018 4:29:29 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: yesthatjallen

The FBI has 35,000 + employees that they tell us about, and I believe it grows by around 300 employees a year. The Budget is almost 9 billion dollars they deign to reveal. I serious doubt anything will change.

Freegards


78 posted on 06/15/2018 4:34:02 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: yesthatjallen

The IG report should have been cause for a rash of immediate firings.


79 posted on 06/15/2018 4:42:24 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: yesthatjallen
What's he supposed to do - do a blanket condemnation of the entire organization he heads and put the morale of the decent ones in the crapper too?

Strong action to purge the bad ones and clean the mess up are the indicators that matter - working with the DOJ to prosecute the real bad apples would be excellent. Too early to say anything definite yet as the web keeps unraveling to show more and more of the overall picture.

80 posted on 06/15/2018 4:45:40 AM PDT by trebb (Too many "Conservatives" who think their opinions outweigh reality these days...)
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