Category: Christopher Wray

Jordan Threatens FBI Director Wray With Contempt Over ‘Targeting’ Parents, Catholics

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has threatened to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress if the bureau does not comply with two subpoenas related to its alleged targeting of concerned parents and Catholics. In his letter to Mr. Wray on July 17, Mr. Jordan highlighted the FBI’s “wholly inadequate” response…


FBI Director Christopher Wray Defends Agency’s Work Amid Fiery Congressional Hearing

FBI Director Christopher Wray was in the hot seat on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Republican lawmakers took the opportunity to grill him on concerns about alleged politicization in the agency. President Joe Biden vowed that the United States will not waver in his final speech in Lithuania. What was his message about Ukraine, the world, and…


FBI Director Says He Was ‘Aghast’ at Agency Memo Targeting ‘Radical Traditionalist Catholics’

FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Wednesday that he was “aghast” when he learned of an internal memo targeting Catholic communities as extremists. In February, a leaked January 2023 memo from the Richmond Field Office in Virginia showed that the agency had taken an interest in traditionalist and Latin Mass Catholic parishes, saying that…


LIVE NOW: FBI Director Wray Testifies at House Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing

Christopher Wray, director of the FBI, testifies on “the politicization of the nation’s preeminent law enforcement agency” at 10:00 a.m. ET on July 12 to a hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation” held by the House Judiciary Committee. …


Haley Joins 2024 GOP Candidates Who’ve Said They Would Fire FBI Director

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said that she would fire FBI Director Christopher Wray were she to be elected. During a June 28 interview with The Epoch Times in New Hampshire, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said that, while she would oust the FBI leader, it would not stop there. “I…


Special Counsel Durham Defends FBI, DOJ Amid Defunding Push

Special Counsel John Durham defended the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) amid a push by some Republicans to defund or limit funding for those agencies in response to their alleged “weaponization.” Durham appeared before Congress on June 21 to testify about the results of his report on the investigation into…


FBI Releases Biden Document to House Oversight, Averting Contempt Vote

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, led by GOP Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), has now scrapped plans to convene a vote to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. Comer had been after an unclassified FD-1023 form that the FBI generated, which contained allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden took a bribe…


FBI Gives House Oversight Committee Access to Biden Document, Averting Contempt Vote

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, led by GOP Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), has now scrapped plans to convene a vote to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. Comer had been after an unclassified FD-1023 form that the FBI generated, which contained allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden took a bribe…


‘Rogue’ FBI Conduct Sparks Protest at Federal Building in Detroit

 A small but vocal group of demonstrators gathered on June 3 outside the Detroit office of the FBI to demand the firing of Christopher Wray, the bureau’s director. “Wray must be fired, and the FBI must be decentralized and moved out of Washington DC,” said protest organizer and Trump supporter Brian Pannebecker. “As long as…


McCarthy Threatens Contempt Charges Against FBI Director Over Alleged Bribery Scheme Involving Biden

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy issued a warning to FBI Director Christopher Wray, threatening to hold the director in contempt of Congress. The high-stakes debt ceiling deal faces its first battle in Congress. The White House calls for support, while some conservatives call it a deal that has completely failed. The United States sanctions individuals in China and…