Part Of The Runover 8/4/22 Edition.
Sen. Chuck Grassley during FBI Oversight hearing:
"The public's business ought to be public. Transparency brings accountability. Just last week, the Justice Department failed yet again to be transparent..."
Sen. Chuck Grassley compares the FBI's investigation of President Trump and Russian Collusion to its "investigation" of the Hunter Biden laptop:
"Director Wray, you'll have to explain...how you'll manage this mess and how you'll clean house."
GRASSLEY: "The FBI's credibility is on the line, as the principles that helped found and sustain our great nation are also on the line."
GRASSLEY: "Do you agree that any retaliatory conduct against whistleblowers must be disciplined?"
WRAY: "I think retaliatory conduct against whistleblowers is unacceptable. They serve a very, very important role in our system."
WRAY: "When I appeared before you on the Larry Nassar report, words escaped me to describe to you how upset I was when I learned what our folks had failed to do back in 2015..."
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Sen. John Cornyn: "From your vantage point and your opinion, is the border secure?"
Director Wray (after initially dodging the question): "I think the border presents significant security issues...It is a major, major challenge, and it represents significant concerns for us."
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse uses his time during the FBI Oversight hearing to ask about information regarding the unsubstantiated, uncorroborated sexual assault allegations and smears against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Sen. Mike Lee: "How many domestic terrorism investigations does the FBI currently have open under the category of abortion-related violence?"
Director Wray: "We have opened a number of domestic violent extremism investigations..."
Dir. Wray on SCOTUS leak and threats of violence over political issues:
"I don't care what side of the issue you're on, I don't care who you're upset with...you don't get to use violence or threats of violence to act on it. And we're going to go after that conduct aggressively."
Sen. Sasse: "Who is the most significant geopolitical foe the United States faces in the next decade?"
Director Wray: "That would be the People's Republic of China, and specifically the Chinese Communist Party."
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Sen. John Kennedy on the appearance of bias within the FBI and the open political bias of specific special agents:
"Do you know how this looks to the American people?"
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Sen. Lindsey Graham: "Are you worried about an attack on the homeland emanating from places like Afghanistan?"
Wray: "So, we are..."
Sen. Lindsey Graham asks Christopher Wray about his thoughts on the relationship between Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
GRAHAM: "Were you surprised...al-Zawahiri was staying at the house...owned by...the number two guy of the Taliban?"
WRAY: "Not surprised, but disappointed."
Sen. @tedcruz:
"Director Wray, I am deeply concerned that the FBI and that the Department of Justice have become thoroughly politicized..."
Ted Cruz grills Dir. Wray over FBI training material listing patriotic flags as militia violent extremism.
"What are y'all doing? Do you agree w/ this FBI guidance that the Betsy Ross flag and the Gadsden flag and the Gonzales battle flag are signs of militia violent extremism?"
Sen. @tedcruz grills FBI Director Christopher Wray on why one of the FBI special agents in charge who oversaw the Whitmer kidnapping incident was promoted to the DC FBI field office and is handling the J6 investigation
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'What Are Y'all Doing?': Cruz Scorches FBI Director for Targeting Patriotic Symbols
FBI Director Christopher Wray Refuses To Condemn Russia Collusion Hoax
Blackburn: "Do you agree that Russian collusion was a hoax?"
Wray: "I wouldn't use that terminology."
Blackburn: "Do you agree that Hunter Biden's laptop was not Russian disino?"
Wray: "I can't comment on that."
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Wray: "We did not have any credible intelligence that pointed to thousands of people breaching the Capitol [on J6]."