Posted on 12/09/2019 6:02:20 PM PST by Mariner
FBI Director Christopher Wray offered mixed reactions to a Justice Department watchdog report that uncovered "serious performance failures" on the part of agents involved in the Russia investigation but ultimately determined the bureau was justified in launching its probe.
In an exclusive broadcast interview with ABC News, Wray lamented "actions described in this report that [he] considered unacceptable and unrepresentative of who we are as an institution." But, he said it was "important that the inspector general found that, in this particular instance, the investigation was opened with appropriate predication and authorization."
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Monday released his 478-page report chronicling the circumstances surrounding the FBI's surveillance of members of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, including Carter Page, who had lived and worked in Russia. In his report, Horowitz asserted that the FBI decision to surveil Page was legal.
“We did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the FBI's decision to seek [surveillance] on Carter Page,” Horowitz wrote.
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No mention of the fact his boss, Bill Barr and the US Attorney assigned disagree with the IG findings.
Sombitch has to go.
Wray has been a big disappointment and will probably be sent packing soon.
Fire the POS today.
Wray has the complete confidence of AG Barr.
Makes me lose some confidence in AG Barr.
Fire Wray.
Dismantle this weaponized agency.
Rebuild with Rudy at the helm.
FBI needs to be burned to the ground and never resurrected in any form.
Nonsense. Wray is where he is because Barr and Trump want him there. Or are you going to try to tell us YOU, who gets your information from the internet, know more about Wray than his bosses who work with him all the time?
People need to knock off the groupthink and use their heads.
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The Incentive is for him to hold onto power.
The IG Scam is always there, and there is no accountability.
And he’s a Never Trumper
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“People need to knock off the groupthink and use their heads.”
All one has to do is listen to his own public pronouncements.
Defend him if you wish.
But I intend to condemn him.
Excuse me Direct Wray.
The report specifically states that the FBI knew the Steele Dossier was fraudulent yet they went ahead with the spying anyway. The report also states the DOJ suppressed exculpatory evidence contrary to the goal of their investigation to keep it going
How can you with a straight face defend such an obvious cover up?
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More Trust Sessions, BS?
I remember Sessions was a White Hat.
Rosenstein was a White Hat.
Your favorite, John Huber had 68,999 Secret Indictments.
IG Horowitz is a White Hat.
Good luck with those arguments.
Q-think, not Group think
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FBI/CIA need to be burned to the ground and never resurrected in any form.
Wray is a rat hack. A dreadful pick.
Wray is a limp-wristed, squishy sombich.
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Wray is responsible for the IG, too.
He’s part of that scam. He gets what he wants in those reports.
There will be no overhaul. Anyone that can spell DC knows this is a huge Deep State Victory.
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A group of House Dems told Sessions the IG report would be precisely what we got - scathing, meaningless words — and Sessions said an attempted Coup did not rise to the level of extraordinary.
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Wray has been a big disappointment and will probably be sent packing soon.
Nope. He has top cover from the GOP Senate. Won’t be gone until after POTUS wins in 2020.
Nonsense. Wray is where he is because Barr and Trump want him there.
Exactly. Just like Ratcliffe is in the DNI post because POTUS wants him there. And Herman Cain & Stephen Moore are at the Fed....
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