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Trump tweets sharp criticism of FBI head Wray after Russia probe report - The Boston Globe

posted onDecember 11, 2019
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Article snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out Tuesday at FBI Director Christopher Wray, expressing dissatisfaction that Wray didn’t cast a watchdog report on the origins of the Russia investigation as devastating for the bureau. In an interview Monday, Wray acknowledged the report had identified significant problems with how agents conducted the investigation into ties between Russia and his 2016 campaign and pledged to make changes. But Wray also characterized as “important’’ that Inspector General Michael Horowitz found that the Russia investigation was opened for a proper cause and was not affected by political bias. Wray told ABC News in a separate interview that he did not believe the Trump campaign had been unfairly targeted. The FBI also issued a statement stressing that the report “does not impugn the FBI’s institutional credibility.’’ That provoked a sharp reaction from Trump on Twitter. “I don’t know what report current Director of the FBI Christopher Wray was reading, but it sure wasn’t the one given to me,’’ Trump tweeted. “With that kind of attitude, he will never be able to fix the FBI, which is badly broken despite having some of the greatest men women working there!’’ The tweet was a rare direct attack on Wray, who has largely been spared the public ire Trump vented at former FBI Director James Comey — whom he fired in May 2017 — and at Andrew McCabe, who temporarily replaced Comey but was later fired by the Justice Department. Wray inherited a year-o... Link to the full article to read more

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