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FBI chief Wray rolls dice with Congress over contempt, then jets to Las Vegas
Just the News ^ | Updated: May 31, 2023 - 11:14pm | John Solomon and Ben Whedon

Posted on 06/01/2023 4:12:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Just hours after informing Congress he wouldn't comply with a subpoena and turn over an informant document on the Biden family investigation, FBI Director Christopher Wray hopped on the bureau's Gulfstream jet and ferried off to the more friendly confines of Las Vegas.

The flight manifest for the FBI’s official jet shows Wray left the Washington suburb of Manassas, Va., at about 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday and landed about four hours later in Nevada’s most famous tourist city.

Agency officials said the jaunt was for official business and that Wray would be speaking to a conference of counterterrorism officials, meeting with the FBI’s Las Vegas field office, and attending a law-enforcement memorial ceremony.

"Director Wray is speaking to counterterrorism and law enforcement practitioners at a conference in Las Vegas to reinforce the continued importance of the counterterrorism mission and thank them for their service," the bureau's national press office in Washington told Just the News.

"He is also scheduled to meet with FBI employees from the Las Vegas Field office. There were changes made to the original itinerary to allow Director Wray to provide remarks at a 9/11 Line of Duty Death service on Friday."

The trip allows the FBI boss to escape an increasingly hostile atmosphere for himself in Washington, where congressional Republicans announced Wednesday that they would seek to hold Wray in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over a subpoenaed memo that lays out bribery allegations against President Biden.

The memo, known as a FD-1023 form, includes information provided to the bureau in June 2020 by a confidential human source alleging a bribery scheme involving Biden when he was vice president. Lawmakers learned about the existence of the memo from FBI whistleblowers.

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1 posted on 06/01/2023 4:12:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wray is a punk.


2 posted on 06/01/2023 4:17:05 AM PDT by TheElectionWasStolen
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Contempt....jail the bastard.


3 posted on 06/01/2023 4:26:27 AM PDT by mythenjoseph (Positive outlook)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He knows nothing will happen.

Nothing happened to Eric Holder when Congress cited him for “Contempt of Congress”.

Under 2 U.S.C. § 192, it is a misdemeanor offense to willfully refuse to answer any proper inquiry or to willfully evade any question in a congressional hearing. Upon conviction, the penalties specified in the statute include a fine of up to $1,000 and imprisonment for up to one year.

What court in DC is gonna convict Wray of anything?


4 posted on 06/01/2023 4:31:03 AM PDT by Westbrook (The Democrats are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
FBI Director Christopher Wray hopped on the bureau's Gulfstream jet and ferried off to the more friendly confines of Las Vegas.

Ha ha! And the joke is that you, McCarthy, and your filthy ilk just continued to pay for it.

Well, no, the jokes on us. We voted for you clowns because "if you don't vote republicrrns, the dermocrrrts win." And we're the ones paying.

5 posted on 06/01/2023 4:37:55 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Wray will be attending a law-enforcement memorial ceremony.

Well, that would seem appropriate, considering law enforcement nowadays...

6 posted on 06/01/2023 4:38:18 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I despise Wray but this is a silly article full of nothing. The LinCT conference in Vegas is a huge gathering and there are several high-level LEO’s speaking over four days. He does not need to lock himself in his house.


7 posted on 06/01/2023 4:38:53 AM PDT by thefactor
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wray. Another in a long list of Trump’s less then stellar picks.


8 posted on 06/01/2023 4:39:19 AM PDT by Armscor38
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To: thefactor

It is designed by a click vampire and the author did his job by maximizing clicks on a useless story. Can we please have more ‘non-stories’ to fill our day, and enrich the reporterettes with clicks? Thank you sir, many I have some more?


9 posted on 06/01/2023 4:45:52 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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It’s ridiculous. And FReepers are all too happy to post these silly articles that literally say nothing.


10 posted on 06/01/2023 4:50:39 AM PDT by thefactor
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
does wray seem to have a habit of cutting hearings short?

https://nypost.com/2022/11/20/christopher-wray-grilled-on-using-fbi-jet-for-vacation/

Hawley: “You left an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, required by statute, so you could vacation with your family. I find that absolutely unbelievable and frankly indefensible.”
11 posted on 06/01/2023 4:51:23 AM PDT by stylin19a ("Artillery Brings Dignity to What Would Otherwise Be Just A Vulgar Brawl")
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To: mythenjoseph

Does anyone here know exactly what contempt of Congress means?

Are they going to withhold funds for the FBI?


12 posted on 06/01/2023 4:57:06 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

BTTT


13 posted on 06/01/2023 5:00:02 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

When is the pubbies strongly-worded letter to be delivered?

So, why isn’t this guy being hauled in for contempt of congress?


14 posted on 06/01/2023 5:02:25 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the dat)
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Are they going to withhold funds for the FBI?

I think there was a must pass bill they did a day ago. Surely they put it in there, didn't they?

15 posted on 06/01/2023 5:03:25 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Armscor38

“Wray. Another in a long list of Trump’s less then stellar picks.”

I find it difficult to support him over this particular failing.


16 posted on 06/01/2023 5:03:57 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the dat)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
From Today's Toons:
17 posted on 06/01/2023 5:20:56 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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To: The Antiyuppie

It’s just a misdemeanor, and DC judge would never find him guilty. Of anything.


18 posted on 06/01/2023 5:20:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: The Antiyuppie

actually now i think DJT is more than aware of bad picks and likely to avoid listening to Swampy advisors on appointments in round #2. on the other hand RDS will arrive without a DC coterie and be liable to plug in Swampsters to fill gaps. all an educated guess, of course


19 posted on 06/01/2023 5:30:10 AM PDT by avital2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“...The flight manifest for the FBI’s official jet shows Wray left the Washington suburb of Manassas...”

Mexican drug cartels now have stinger missile launchers, thanks to Puppet Biden.

Just saying. /spit


20 posted on 06/01/2023 6:04:15 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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