Posted on 02/01/2018 11:07:18 AM PST by Red Badger
As Trump prepares to release a GOP document accusing the FBI of abuses, bureau alums hope Director Chris Wray holds the linebut has to be ready to walk.
Former FBI agents are warning that FBI Director Christopher Wray has to be prepared to quit, should President Donald Trump assent over bureau objections to the release of a memo calling the FBIs integrity into question.
The release of the memo, considered imminent, shows no signs of stopping, even as the leader of Democrats in the House called on its Republican author, Devin Nunes, to be removed from his chairmanship of the House intelligence committee. It was the latest move in an extraordinary episode that appears set to spark a crisis over the criminal investigation into Trumps potential ties to Russia.
At the center of the storm is Wray, Trumps hand-picked FBI director. Wray got his job after Trump fired James Comey last year for what Comey described as insufficient personal loyalty over the Russia investigation.
On Wednesday, Wrays FBI publicly attacked Nunes memo for material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. Trump overriding Wray will immediately call Wrays future in the Trump administration into question six month into his tenure.
Former FBI agents say that they hope Wray can remain in office, and pull Trump and House Republicans back from the precipice of what may be a pivotal moment in the bureaus history. But they also say Wray needs to show his willingness to walk.
Given the climate and the recent activities, going as far back as Director Comeys departure, Wray definitely must be prepared to resign, said Erroll Southers, a retired FBI special agent now at the University of Southern California.
I dont think the director has to resign. He should be prepared to publicly discredit this cherry-picked, fake memo and expose Nunes, added former FBI counterterrorism special agent Ali Soufan. Soufan cited the bad blood between Director Louis Freeh and President Bill Clinton in the 1990s as a sign that the FBI can continue investigating a president despite their relationship collapsing.
Former FBI agents are warning that FBI Director Christopher Wray has to be prepared to quit, should President Donald Trump assent over bureau objections to the release of a memo calling the FBIs integrity into question.
The release of the memo, considered imminent, shows no signs of stopping, even as the leader of Democrats in the House called on its Republican author, Devin Nunes, to be removed from his chairmanship of the House intelligence committee. It was the latest move in an extraordinary episode that appears set to spark a crisis over the criminal investigation into Trumps potential ties to Russia.
At the center of the storm is Wray, Trumps hand-picked FBI director. Wray got his job after Trump fired James Comey last year for what Comey described as insufficient personal loyalty over the Russia investigation.
On Wednesday, Wrays FBI publicly attacked Nunes memo for material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. Trump overriding Wray will immediately call Wrays future in the Trump administration into question six month into his tenure.
Former FBI agents say that they hope Wray can remain in office, and pull Trump and House Republicans back from the precipice of what may be a pivotal moment in the bureaus history. But they also say Wray needs to show his willingness to walk.
Given the climate and the recent activities, going as far back as Director Comeys departure, Wray definitely must be prepared to resign, said Erroll Southers, a retired FBI special agent now at the University of Southern California.
I dont think the director has to resign. He should be prepared to publicly discredit this cherry-picked, fake memo and expose Nunes, added former FBI counterterrorism special agent Ali Soufan. Soufan cited the bad blood between Director Louis Freeh and President Bill Clinton in the 1990s as a sign that the FBI can continue investigating a president despite their relationship collapsing.
But Nunes has the support of Trump, on whose transition team he served. Trump is widely expected to assent to the memos release as soon as Thursday, though Fox News is reporting it will come Friday. That is the day when the House of Representatives parliamentary rules compel Trump to register any objections to declassification of the memo the FBI considers fundamentally misleading.
Southers expects Wrays tenure after the memos release to be very tense. The pressure is going to continue mounting. I never thought Id see the FBI deemed the enemy of the state by anyone, let alone people in this country, he said.
Should Wray remain in office, Southers continued, hes going to have to be a rock going forward, making clear to people that his only objective [will be] to stay focused on the mission. Certain things will be out of his control, and that includes his future, as it relates to the president.
Its way past that, they are trying to protect their own hides and Wray probably wants to protect his reputation because if this memo is as damning as claimed he is going to be asked how he could let McCabe and Rosenstien continue to act as FBI administrators.
If the FBI is exposed and agents prosecuted can the deep state traitors at DOJ, CIA, and NSA be far behind? Watch for them to try and physically take out Trump. The deep state doesn’t play by the same rules the peasants live under. I pray for Trumps safety daily.
Nothing wrong with zealously chasing communists. Not doing so is why we are in the mess we're in now. It's time to make those communists in this country a lot less comfortable.
Fine,let em quit.
I’m tired of this tail wagging the dog BS.
Move the FBI out of DC.....Drain the swamp!
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Great idea! That could be a part of a massive reorganization of the FBI concurrent with a personnel cleansing.
Responsibility for and staffing supporting Counterterroism and Counterintelligence/counterespionage should be a separate Agency moved to report to Homeland Security instead of DOJ. And personal and biometric identification responsibility and resources (along with any future National ID type endeavors) should be a separate organization. The residual Rump FBI would be responsible for domestic criminal investigations only.
Lastly, a small Public Integrity organization staffed by untouchable highly ethical individuals would be charged with investigating corrupt abuses by the SEPARATE law enforcement agency staffs.
“anonymous sources”......................
All this sh*t is what is otherwise known as obstruction of justice.
Ironic.
Bye, Bye, Mr. Wray!
Take Sessions with you and bring in Ann Coulter.
One way or another, the complete memo will come out.
If they had any real integrity, they would welcome the cleansing. They would want the cleansing.
You’re right.
I can’t believe how fast this is crumbling on the Dems and Media.
The #1 rule for FBI agents and officials is: Don’t Embarrass the Bureau. (Note: It was also the title of a book some 40 years ago or so.)
“Get Me Roger Stone!”
I guess you saw that documentary, too? Interesting.
So resign already. No one is irreplaceable. What a bunch of self-preening morons in government.
If Wray does resign, I'd like to see them find some experienced federal prosecutor in some state hundreds of miles from DC. Someone who's never worked in DC and maybe never even visited there. We don't need anymore of these swamp creatures who have past entanglements with every other bureaucrat in the Hoover building, past and present.
When you have an employee who’s currently threatening to resign when confronted with their shortcomings, I’ve found it best to call their bluff.
They either quit or improve.
I’m sure Trump’s been there before.
FBI Director Must Be Prepared to Resign Over Nunes Memo, Ex-Agents Warn>>>>>>>
Not a problem. Trey Gowdy is available to clean out the rot at the FBI.
love Trump and would vote for him again no question, but hes got to STOP HIRING THESE CAREER SWAMP RATS!!!....i didnt trust Wray the day he was announced...hes one of them...hes got to bring in outsiders. Guess this is one of the problems of not being a “politician” and not having your own people ready to go. The fact that the 2 “love birds” are still at the FBI tells you all u need to know....
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