Former CIA Director John Brennan claimed Wednesday that Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee engaged in a “partisan mud fight” during an interrogation of FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. hearing The title is “Federal Bureau of Investigation Surveillance”. During the hearing, he said he targeted parents protesting at a school board meeting, reported the presence of FBI officials in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot and the August 8, 2021 riot. I faced tough questions from Republican lawmakers on the committee. Attack on Mar-a-Lago.
“I attended most of today’s hearings with Chris Ray. He said, (Related: ‘Pretty Scary Things’: Jim Jordan Responds To Revelation From Ray Hearing)
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“He demonstrated professional patience and respect for Congress’s oversight process despite being misjudged and criticized of all kinds,” Brennan continued. “And while false reporting is his greatest concern, the FBI does a tremendous job every day to keep this country safe and secure and to ensure law and order is upheld. ”
Former Republican Gov. Chris Christie also defended Wray in a Fox News appearance on Wednesday, saying Republicans interrogating Wray were “trying to raise money” for a political campaign while they were “theater.” claimed to have been engaged in
Brennan was one of dozens of former intelligence officials who signed the petition. Letter of October 2020 Politico argued that the New York Post’s bombshell coverage of emails from Hunter Biden’s allegedly abandoned laptop “contains all the typical features of Russian intelligence operations.”
The Daily Caller News Foundation confirmed in October 2020 that one of the emails from the laptop was genuine. The Washington Post and the New York Times confirmed the credibility of the data in the March 2022 article on the Justice Department’s investigation into Hunter Biden.
“That’s why when the Republican Party engages in such partisan mudslinging, and it’s real and it’s misrepresenting the truth, I can’t help but think that a striking figure like Chris Wray is going to do all of this. I am very pleased that he has shown his resolve to ignore it,” Brennan concluded.
FBI whistleblower Stephen Friend challenged two parts of Wray’s testimony at Wednesday’s hearing, saying the director misrepresented the truth about whether an employee was involved in the investigation. diverted from child sexual exploitation cases and whether parents protested at school board meetings investigated for terrorism.
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