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Patisu Lambert's avatar

Don’t be too quick to trash Wray unless his reason really is to preserve his pension.

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Boyd's avatar

I think he is Real. Fuck the donOLD.

DDD MY Brothers and Sisters

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Mary Alice Welch (TX)'s avatar

Haven't even read it yet, but you got a like just for the title. 😂

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Evan.

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Enter Ranting's avatar

Little bug-eyed taintlicker!

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

If Wray is resigning to block Patel from sneaking into the head FBI office, let him say so explicitly, as long as he's being so fucking honest and blunt and plain-spoken and blah blah blah.

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Fender Deluxe's avatar

One possible consideration is that Wray knows Trump will demand that the FBI investigate all of Trump's enemies, and Wray didn't want to be involved in that.

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"M"'s avatar

So let him say "No", and let him be fired.

Nobody remembers what Preet Bharara did?

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Steve Heise's avatar

He was correct and didn’t want a fight.

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Bob's avatar

Wray could step down now and allow Biden to appoint someone the Republican Senators might like to confirm as FBI director and then force Trump to fire someone the Senate wanted and appointed? I know, it's pure fantasy, but that's the only world I can stand to live in at the moment.

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RefillingThorsBeer's avatar

I guess Wray K$S'ed in his chips on his way out....

GOOD.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

Wray quit because he didn’t want to end up like Andrew McCabe and have to fight Trump in court to keep his pension.

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"M"'s avatar

He doesn't need his pension. He came out of King and Spaulding as a partner to take that FBI director gig. Strictly speaking, he didn't even need the salary. Come on.

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Craig Nixon's avatar

“𝐻𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝐼’𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑦, 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑”

Pure genius. Goddamit, EVAN STOP MAKING ME ADMIRE YOUR SKILLS.

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Sgt JMK's avatar

That whole paragraph was (chef's kiss) perfection.

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Craig Nixon's avatar

True. Dammit, I hate him. :)

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Hhm's avatar

David French worked for a hate group (Alliance Defending Freedom) and is seemingly unable to use logic or reasoning to separate his personal bigotry from policy arguments or is just a liar so I tend not to listen to him either way!

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Nancy Naive's avatar

Wray’s smart enough to know that he’s a target whether he fights for his job or not. He’s sincere about holding the rank and file away from the fire.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

He's also making last-minute promotions of people who (hopefully) will be able to hamper Chump's plans to use the FBI as his personal Gestapo.

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"M"'s avatar

This is the first good thing I've heard about this whole thing

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chascates's avatar

"Donald Trump's allies are furious at outgoing FBI director Christopher Wray's final actions overseeing the law enforcement agency.

The Trump-appointed Wray announced he would resign at the end of president Joe Biden's administration, but in the meantime he has reportedly begun promoting employees among the senior executive service – which has set off howls from the MAGA world.

"Mr. Wray has already begun promoting employees among the senior executive service, those who serve within the bureau’s leadership, according to sources within the bureau who described it as an effort to burrow establishment figures deeper within the FBI," said Kerry Picket, senior congressional reporter for the Washington Times. "According to the sources, a plan is being formulated to slow-walk the new FBI director’s entry at the agency for three to four months. Such a strategy by the agency is risky given the long, tense history the FBI and Mr. Trump have had since the 2016 presidential campaign.""

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fbi-wray-gum-up/

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tempusfugit's avatar

If that Nazi rag the WT hates it, it must be good.

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