If President-elect Trump had learned anything since his first term he would have retained Christopher Wray as FBI Director for the duration of Wray’s term. Instead, Trump ousted an effective FBI director who served in the best traditions of the FBI’s national security and law enforcement missions.
Specifically Mr. Trump hated that FBI agents under Director Wray did their job and cooperated with DOJ and National Archives to conduct a search and seizure re missing classified documents retained by Mr. Trump and his staff at the Mar-a-Lago resort despite government requests to return them. The FBI is required to enforce federal laws as in the example below.
Mr. Trump hated that career FBI Agent Christopher Wray did not interfere with his field agents’ judgment, the law’s basis for probable cause, or the determinations of law between the Department of Justice and a federal judge.
Director Christopher Wray fulfilled his oath and his national security mission for the United States. Trump publicly punished him for it.
Yet Mr. Wray acted with fiduciary care to keep the Bureau independent and non-partisan.
Neither was the FBI or its director the decision maker with regard to President Biden’s classified document finds and relinquishments. Special Counsel Robert Hur handled that matter.
Damage assessments would not likely be made public as might give adversaries TMI, but members of Congress from mainstream parties have asked for them.
