By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--July 13, 2017
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Now listen to Wray testifying Wednesday before the Judiciary Committee: “No one asked me for any kind of loyalty oath at any point during this process, and I sure as heck didn’t offer one."
Wray also promised that he wouldn’t brook any interference with the investigation of Russian meddling in the election — and possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign — being led by special counsel (and former FBI chief) Robert Mueller. "I would consider an effort to tamper with Director Mueller’s investigation to be unacceptable and inappropriate and would need to be dealt with very sternly and appropriately indeed,” Wray told the Judiciary Committee. This couldn’t have been music to President Trump’s ears, but especially after the revelations about his son’s meeting in Trump Tower it’s hard to believe that even this abnormal president would treat Wray the way he did Comey. If he did, he’d be moving against his own appointee, not an Obama holdover whose firing could be rationalized on grounds other than displeasure over a “witch hunt” about Russia. The administration initially suggested that Trump fired Comey because of a recommendation by Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein, who found fault with the way Comey handled the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of State. (With a characteristic lack of discipline, Trump muddled that explanation when he told NBC’s Lester Holt that he was thinking of "this Russia thing" when he decided to dismiss Comey.)McGough is very excited about all this. His headline is even a taunt, reading: "Attention President Trump: Your new FBI nominee doesn't think the Russia probe is a witch hunt."
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