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REPORT: Christopher Wray Preparing Resignation As FBI Director
Redstate ^ | 12/09/2024 | Joe Cunningham

Posted on 12/09/2024 11:11:59 PM PST by SmokingJoe

FBI Director Christopher Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day, according to recent reports. The move, widely seen as preemptive, reflects growing pressure from Republican lawmakers, led by Senator Charles Grassley, and signals yet another shift in leadership for an agency that has been at the center of political and institutional controversies over the past several years.

While Wray’s resignation isn’t entirely unexpected, it raises important questions about the future of the FBI, the challenges it faces, and the public’s trust in one of the nation’s most powerful institutions. This moment offers an opportunity to reflect on Wray’s tenure, the criticisms that have mounted against him, and what a new era of leadership under Donald Trump’s administration could mean.

Wray, who was appointed FBI director in 2017 by former President Donald Trump, appears to be stepping down to avoid an inevitable firing under Trump’s return to the White House. Sources close to Wray suggest that he does not want to endure a public dismissal, which aligns with reports that his “days were numbered” under a Trump administration.

Wray’s potential resignation highlights the tense relationship between the FBI and Trump-era Republicans, who have long expressed dissatisfaction with the bureau’s leadership. This friction has been fueled by high-profile incidents like the raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and whistleblower allegations of political bias within the FBI. For critics, Wray’s leadership symbolizes an agency in turmoil, accused of failing to address internal misconduct while projecting partisanship in its investigative priorities.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doj; fbi; himmler; resign; wray
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1 posted on 12/09/2024 11:11:59 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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I hope Pam Boni can put a good case together to out him behind bars for the rest of his worthless life.


2 posted on 12/09/2024 11:15:57 PM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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“reflects growing pressure from Republican lawmakers, led by Senator Charles Grassley”

No, it was lead by Trump announcing his replacement is Kash Patel. Grassley and other useless repubs are the roosters trying to take credit for the sunrise.

Never lifted a finger until 5 weeks before Trump was sworn in, and now suddenly they are all fired up? LOL


3 posted on 12/09/2024 11:18:09 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: SmokingJoe

That’s it you demonratcommieblmantifaterrorscumfeminazipedophilegoatraper run away and try to hide !!!

What are you running away from/for chicken$}{!T punk ?


4 posted on 12/09/2024 11:19:09 PM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: SmokingJoe

“appears to be stepping down to avoid an inevitable firing under Trump’s return to the White House. Sources close to Wray suggest that he does not want to endure a public dismissal,”

Patel, his replacement being announced IS a public dismissal. How stupid ARE these people in DC?

Trump needs to strip his security clearance also.


5 posted on 12/09/2024 11:20:26 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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The CEO and the Three Envelopes

A new CEO was hired to take over a struggling company. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes. “Open these if you run into serious trouble,” he said.

Well, three months later sales and profits were still way down and the new CEO was catching a lot of heat. He began to panic but then he remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope. The message read, “Blame your predecessor.” The new CEO called a press conference and explained that the previous CEO had left him with a real mess and it was taking a bit longer to clean it up than expected, but everything was on the right track. Satisfied with his comments, the press – and Wall Street – responded positively.

Another quarter went by and the company continued to struggle. Having learned from his previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the second envelope. The message read, “Reorganize.” So he fired key people, consolidated divisions and cut costs everywhere he could. This he did and Wall Street, and the press, applauded his efforts.

Three months passed and the company was still short on sales and profits. The CEO would have to figure out how to get through another tough earnings call. The CEO went to his office, closed the door and opened the third envelope. The message said, “Prepare three envelopes.”


6 posted on 12/09/2024 11:23:47 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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He kept smirking when they had top agents texting about “stopping” a presidential candidate, plan B, and going easy on Hillary because she’d be the next boss. Plus setting Flynn up for a preposterous arrest.

That he didn’t throw those scum out on the sidewalk, instead paid them millions - he’s a worthless pos


7 posted on 12/09/2024 11:24:10 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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I hope he rots in a prison cell the rest of his sorry life.


8 posted on 12/09/2024 11:25:23 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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FBI Director Christopher Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day

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9 posted on 12/09/2024 11:28:47 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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Can someone have Wray arrested before January 20?


10 posted on 12/09/2024 11:33:24 PM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Don’t “Say.”

DO it.....


11 posted on 12/09/2024 11:44:37 PM PST by Gaffer
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Aww... Is Chris going to tell us about all the moral fortitude he’s graced us with?


12 posted on 12/09/2024 11:48:25 PM PST by Bullish (Socialism is a weed that blooms into communism, the tyranny that strangles liberty.)
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To: Williams

Who, Trump?


13 posted on 12/09/2024 11:50:53 PM PST by vivenne
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To: SmokingJoe

How long does it take to write a Dear Joe letter?


14 posted on 12/09/2024 11:55:14 PM PST by AndyJackson ( )
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He can run, but he can't hide …

15 posted on 12/10/2024 12:08:49 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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Was he heard grumbling about an incompetent patsy as he gathered his belongings?


16 posted on 12/10/2024 12:14:50 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: SmokingJoe

Please report directly to prison.


17 posted on 12/10/2024 12:24:55 AM PST by spincaster (i)
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To: DesertRhino

How stupid ARE these people in DC?
“ Just when I think you couldn’t possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!” -This is how I see DC.
Just what made Wray think he could hold his position after raiding Mar a Lago??


18 posted on 12/10/2024 12:33:03 AM PST by griswold3 (Truth Beauty and Goodness)
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To: DesertRhino

Trump was ask about this over the weekend when the reporter ask him how he was going to put Kash Patel in while Wray is still in place.

Trump just smiled and explained all the bad things Wray did against Trump.


19 posted on 12/10/2024 12:43:07 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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He, Comey, McCabe, Rosenstein, Sztrok, and several others need to be investigated, arrested, perp walked, charged, thrown in prison and denied bail for years as they await trial.


20 posted on 12/10/2024 12:50:12 AM PST by FLT-bird
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