Trump lashes out at the FBI's 'current' director Christopher Wray
President Trump is again lashing out at an FBI director.
This time, it's FBI Director Christopher Wray, who Trump publicly attacked on Twitter Tuesday morning following the release of the Department of Justice's inspector general report on the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation. The report found no evidence that the investigation was opened under "political bias or improper motivation," though there were some "significant errors" made.
Discussing the findings on Monday, Wray affirmed that "the investigation was opened with appropriate predication and authorization," although he noted there were instances where employees "failed to follow our policies."
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Trump, who has insisted the investigation was politically biased, blasted the "current" FBI director in a Tuesday morning tweet, declaring he will "never be able to fix the FBI."
The Washington Post's Aaron Blake observed in response, "Not to read too much into the Trump tweet, but it seems conspicuous that he called Wray the 'current' FBI director?" The tweet immediately drew speculation that Trump may be considering firing Wray.
"Key phrase here is 'he will never be able to fix the FBI,' which sounds a lot like the language in a memo used to fire his predecessor," the Post's Devlin Barrett wrote, referring to former FBI Director James Comey, who Trump fired in 2017. Axios' Jonathan Swan reports Trump officials believe he "can't stomach the trouble of firing another FBI director," but "he would like to."
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Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.
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