Carrying the water for their ‘main man’ ex-pResident Donald Trump….
The Republican’s are aggressively questioning the Trump appointed FBI Director on a variety of things…
House Republicans unloaded a barrage of criticism directed toward FBI Director Christopher Wray Wednesday, outlining a litany of complaints while Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan opened the hearing launching into a wide array of attacks on the FBI, from allegations the bureau allowed social media companies to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020 to claims FBI whistleblowers have been retaliated against to the FBI’s handling of threats on school boards, a since-withdrawn memo from the bureau’s Richmond field office that focused on extremism in the Catholic Church.
Republicans accused Wray of undermining public trust in the law enforcement agency, including the handling of the investigations into former President Donald Trump and the son of President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden.
“Are you protecting the Bidens?” asked Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, after pressing Wray over allegations from an IRS whistleblower related to the Hunter Biden investigation.
“Absolutely not,” Wray responded. “The FBI does not, has no interest in protecting anyone politically.”
Gaetz and Wray got into a heated exchange after the Florida Republican alleged that the bureau has “the lowest level of trust in the FBI’s history.”
“People trusted the FBI more when J. Edgar Hoover was running the place than when you are, and the reason is because you don’t give straight answers,” Gaetz said.
“Respectfully congressman, in your home state of Florida, the number of people applying to come work for us and devote their lives working for us is over up over 100%,” Wray responded.
Gaetz shot back: “We’re deeply proud of them, and they deserve better than you.”
Wray defended the FBI broadly in the face of the GOP attacks, acknowledging there have been mistakes – such as abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act process – but arguing that the bureau has taken appropriate steps to address those problems…
image…FBI Director Wray testifies before the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2023.
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During questioning with FBI Director Christopher Wray, House Dems Vice Chair Ted Lieu runs through a list of Trump officials who were convicted in federal court:
“It is not the fault of the FBI that Donald Trump surrounded himself with criminals.”
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Matt Gaetz: “People trusted the FBI more when J. Edgar Hoover was running the place than when you are…”
Christopher Wray: “Respectfully, congressman, in your home state of Florida, the number of people applying to come work for us…is up over 100% since I started.”
Nothing but a bunch of lies and other BS from the Republicans .
No proof of anything.
Again……
Carrying the water for Trump the crock…
You would think these Right Wing clowns would give up on these so called” hearings.”
Over and over they put on these little shows.
They have no evidence of anything,just a bunch of bloviating.
They didn’t lay a finger on Wray,a Trump appointee and a conservative Republican.
Just so damn ridiculous,but hey when you make a boob like Jim Jordan your chairman?
You can expect as much.
It’s the kind of thing, I suppose, that one should expect for a Far-Right GOPer in a grossly-gerrymandered district who has far more fear of being primaried from the right, than of facing a token challenge in the general.
This crowd also wants to cut aid to the Ukrainian war effort.
Lucky Lindy Lives !!!
It’s just a sidewalk act to entertain themselves
In the end McCarthy will HAVE TO dance with the Democrats to get shit done ……
Maybe even the Democrats can keep him his Speakership?
Nah
Democrats getting the House back in 2025 anyway’s
Folks?
The GOPer’s ……
Like Trump …….
Are just screwing THEMSELVES