Ever since I first heard, “Trust Wray”.
I do believe many of us were pissed at Wray during his confirmation hearings. He’s a phony crook. General Flynn for Director of the new FBI
It is impossible for me to believe that Rosenstein was not a willing part of the coup attempt.
Impossible.
He had FAR more conflicts than Sessions did, yet he and his comrades advised Sessions that he had to recuse himself.
There were some in the house that tried to wrap their heads around what was happening (a coup attempt and a criminal persecution), but they were NOT supported by their leaders and their efforts were thwarted repeatedly.
We have to take back the house this fall. It is probably unlikely at the moment, but the GOP and Trump have to make a full court press to gain seats in congress or we may never know exactly what happened or more accurately see them admit it.
What happened was that a small group in charge of our institutions attempted a coup. They lied, played dirty tricks, and conspired to overturn an election. They leaked, whispered, and played games with a willing media to undermine an administration.
Now it appears that those in charge, who were not present when this occurred, are mostly interested in hiding the truth to protect the institutions when the only real answer would be to tell the truth about what happened and let the chips fall where they will.
We cannot blame Wray for what Comey did. We cannot blame Barr for what Rosenstein and Co. did.
However, we can blame them for not telling us.
Lord help us if President Trump fails to get re-elected which can only happen they voter fraud.
Rosenstein was flustered. “I’ve heard you make those allegations publicly, on TV. Mr. Jordan, I am the deputy attorney general of the United States, OK? I am not the person doing the redacting.
If Rosenstein didn't redact the fact that Strozk and Contreras were friends, who did? That person should be identified and forced to come testify. Why was that vital information redacted and withheld from the investigators? It was not a matter of national security.
Average Americans assume that our organs of executive power (the FBI, the EPA, the Forest service, etc…) are “perfect servants” of both the President and ultimately, the Republic.
This is not at all true. Ideology, bureaucratic insularity, and pure power and self-interest create organizations that have lives and interests of their own. Wray may be better than Comey, but he’s still committed to serving his organization and his/its ideology more than he is committed to serving the President.
So, why did Trump appoint him? I would say - imperfect knowledge, and politics. Trump didn’t know exactly how Wray would operate. He really only needed him and the FBI to not be actively opposed to the his Administration, and that’s probably good enough for now.
In other words Wray calls out the right wing for being the bad guys when the Green party people do mass shootings.
July 1, 2018? At that point Gowdy had known for many months the FIB had lied to Congress when they gave fraudulent briefing(s) on Spygate that did not match the documents he reviewed. He doesn’t say a word about that here. Now why would that be?
Took one look at the man and instinctively knew he was a limp noodle.
I gave Wray some time but after awhile it became obvious he as a deep state plant.
Exactly true !
Perhaps this was part of the "insurance" plan which protected the Dumbocrats attempted coup.
It's a administrative perfect "catch 22".
If he had known him only a short while, then not a problem.