The following article by Todd Ruger was posted on the Roll Call website May 16, 2018:
Wray defends agency, responding to political attacks from Congress and White House
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday reaffirmed concerns about Chinese telecommunications company ZTE that President Donald Trump wants to help — and defended the agency from political attacks coming from the White House and Congress.
At a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing about the FBI’s fiscal 2019 budget request, Wray used a question about the agency’s responsiveness to congressional oversight to highlight the importance of protecting people who provide agents information.
Republican Reps. Devin Nunes and Mark Meadows last week threatened to impeach Wray and other Justice Department officials if they didn’t produce an unredacted version of a document that started the investigation into possible connections between Trump’s campaign and Russian operatives in the 2016 election. Continue reading “FBI Director Raises Concerns about Chinese Tech Giant Trump Wants to Help”