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President Donald Trump said Sunday that he believes the Justice Department could be investigating former FBI Director Christopher Wray, criticizing his leadership during the Biden administration.
“I would imagine. I would certainly imagine. I would think they are doing that,” Trump told NBC News when asked if Wray should face a federal probe.
Wray resigned at the end of Biden’s presidency, and Trump argued he “did a terrible job, and we just found out about it.”
“I think it’s very inappropriate what he, what he did. And I think a lot of his service was very inappropriate,” Trump said. “But we haven’t gone beyond that. Don’t forget, we just found out about all of these FBI agents being there.”
The president appeared to reference his Truth Social post on Saturday concerning FBI agents in the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021.
“It was just revealed that the FBI had secretly placed, against all Rules, Regulations, Protocols, and Standards, 274 FBI Agents into the Crowd just prior to, and during, the January 6th Hoax. This is different from what Director Christopher Wray stated, over and over again! That’s right, as it now turns out, FBI Agents were at, and in, the January 6th Protest, probably acting as Agitators and Insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘Law Enforcement Officials.’ I want to know who each and every one of these so-called “Agents” are, and what they were up to on that now ‘Historic’ Day,” the president wrote.
“Many Great American Patriots were made to pay a very big price only for the love of their Country. I owe this investigation of “Dirty Cops and Crooked Politicians” to them! Christopher Wray, the then Director of the FBI, has some major explaining to do. That’s two in a row, Comey and Wray, who got caught LYING, with our Great Country at stake. WE CAN NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN TO AMERICA AGAIN!” he continued.
FBI Director Kash Patel, who replaced Wray, commented on X that “274 FBI agents were thrown into crowd control on Jan 6 against FBI standards. That failure was on corrupt leadership. Thanks to agents stepping up, the truth is coming out. Transparency. Justice. Accountability.”
Patel later told Fox News that agents were sent into crowd control “after the riot was declared by Metro Police — something that goes against FBI standards.”
Trump’s remarks about Wray came days after former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on charges of obstruction and making false statements tied to his 2020 Senate testimony, when he denied authorizing media leaks. Comey has denied the allegations, saying the case is politically motivated.
