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Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the public urging of President Donald Trump has been pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, but Wray threatened to resign if McCabe was removed, according to three sources with direct knowledge.
*Wray's resignation under those circumstances would have created a media firestorm. The White House understandably gun-shy after the Comey debacle didnt want that scene, so McCabe remains.
*Sessions told White House Counsel Don McGahn about how upset Wray was about the pressure on him to fire McCabe, and McGahn told Sessions this issue wasnt worth losing the FBI Director over, according to a source familiar with the situation.
*Why it matters: Trump started his presidency by pressuring one FBI Director (before canning him), and then began pressuring another (this time wanting his deputy canned). This much meddling with the FBI for this long is not normal.
McGahn has been informed about these ongoing conversations, though he has not spoken with Wray about FBI personnel, according to an administration source briefed on the situation. Trump nominated Wray, previously George W. Bush's Deputy Attorney General, last June to replace James Comey as director.
Trump has also tweeted negatively about other senior FBI officials who are allies of Comey, including the former top FBI lawyer James A. Baker who was recently reassigned after pressure from Sessions.
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said of Wray: As weve said, the president has enormous respect for the thousands of rank and file FBI agents who make up the worlds most professional and talented law enforcement agency. He believes politically-motivated senior leaders including former Director Comey and others he empowered have tainted the agencys reputation for unbiased pursuit of justice. The president appointed Chris Wray because he is a man of true character and integrity and the right choice to clean up the misconduct at the highest levels of the FBI and give the rank and file confidence in their leadership.
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triron
(22,030 posts)Oneironaut
(5,543 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Oh hot damn in the morning. that lil chinless pettigrew is going down!!! on obstruction charges.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)triron
(22,030 posts)Who is this mystery poster (The Last Refuge)?
Kristofer Bry
(175 posts)Is he too American for Traitor Trump?
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)There are too many threads to this story for me to follow all of them... if someone can give a reader's digest version it would be much appreciated!
progressoid
(50,020 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)That left Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe in charge of the investigation.
Trump appointed another FBI Director, Christopher Wray, who turned out to be an honest person.
Trump and Sessions then decided Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe needed to be fired in order to sabotage the Trump-Russia investigation.
They asked Wray to do it.
By asking Wray to fire McCabe, Trump and Sessions committed obstruction of justice charges. Again. Felonies.
Wray refused. He said he would go public if they asked him. They backed down.
Now that is all over the news, which is real bad for Trump and the elf.
fallout87
(819 posts)Like SNL said.... Nope, doesn't even matter anymore. Sad time
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)pressuring Sessions.
Farmer-Rick
(10,240 posts)He is such a crook and a criminal, he's got to destroy law enforcement and investigating ability of the federal government. Trump can't stand an honest man.
Trump wants the FBI to be his political henchmen and the FBI doesn't see it's role that way. No doubt Putin told him he needed a KGB or more likely an SS.