{"id":1604177,"date":"2022-08-13T06:32:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1604177"},"modified":"2022-08-13T06:32:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:32:10","slug":"fbi-director-wray-were-the-real-victims-here-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-wray-were-the-real-victims-here-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Director Wray: We&#8217;re the Real Victims Here, You Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-director-wray-were-the-real-victims-here-you-know%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1604177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Politicized attacks on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fbi\">FBI<\/a>\u2019s integrity \u201cerode\u00a0respect\u201d and put agents at risk, the agency\u2019s director said on Thursday, hours after an armed man was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/armed-man-killed-after-attempted-breach-of-fbi-office-in-cincinnati_4659497.html\">shot and killed<\/a> by federal agents in Cincinnati, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfounded attacks on the integrity of the FBI erode respect for the rule of law and are a grave disservice to the men and women who sacrifice so much to protect others,\u201d Christopher Wray said in an Aug. 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/press-releases\/press-releases\/statement-from-director-wray\">statement<\/a>, adding that threatening or inciting violence against police\u2014including the FBI\u2014is \u201cdangerous and should be deeply concerning\u201d for every American.<\/p>\n<p>Wray,\u00a0who was appointed as the agency\u2019s director in 2017, did not directly link his latest statement to Thursday\u2019s incident, when an armed suspect attempted to breach the visitor screening facility at the FBI\u2019s Cincinnati branch before fleeing the scene following federal agents\u2019 response to the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day I see the men and women of the FBI doing their jobs professionally and with rigor, objectivity, and a fierce commitment to our mission of protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution,\u201d Wray said, noting that he\u2019s \u201cproud to serve\u201d the agency alongside federal agents.<\/p>\n<p>It was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fbi-director-wray-denounces-threats-after-raid-on-trumps-home-deplorable-and-dangerous_4657931.html\">second time in two days<\/a> for the Trump-appointed director to publicly condemn threats and harsh rhetoric directed at law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has been facing mounting anger and frustration over its failure to be transparent\u00a0in the wake of the agency\u2019s Aug. 8 raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s private Florida residence, with threats allegedly circulating online\u00a0against the bureau and officials related to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI have remained mostly quiet about the purpose and probable cause behind the \u201csearch\u201d and have repeatedly declined to publicly comment to The Epoch Times and other news outlets. Only alleged anonymous sources within the FBI and DOJ have sporadically provided details about the incident to legacy media since Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 11, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland echoed a similar perspective as Wray after revealing he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_morningbrief\/ag-merrick-garland-says-he-personally-approved-fbis-trump-raid_4658779.html\">personally approved<\/a> the FBI\u2019s raid on Trump\u2019s private Mar-a-Lago residence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked,\u201d Garland said of the FBI, calling the men and women of the agency \u201cdedicated, patriotic public servants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee, also pushed back against Americans questioning the integrity of the FBI following the agency\u2019s unannounced raid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been ashamed to hear members of my party attacking the integrity of the FBI agents involved with the recent Mar-a-Lago search,\u201d the Republican lawmaker claimed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLizCheney\/status\/1557809792822824960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1557809792822824960%7Ctwgr%5E045163b6209aa657a3b4671e69def40bffab34c1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2022%2F08%2F11%2Fchristopher-wray-denounces-unfounded-attacks-on-the-fbi%2F\">statement<\/a> on Twitter. \u201cThese are sickening comments that put the lives of patriotic public servants at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Wray\u2019s first public comment, the director said violence against law enforcement is not the answer, \u201cno matter what anybody\u2019s upset about or who they\u2019re upset with,\u201d calling alleged threats directed at the bureau \u201cdeplorable and dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House stated President Joe Biden wasn\u2019t aware of the raid before it was announced by Trump earlier this week. Trump and Republicans accused the FBI and the Biden administration of weaponizing federal law enforcement to target their political opponents ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/wray-unfounded-attacks-on-fbis-integrity-erode-respect-and-put-agents-at-risk_823722.html\">NTD News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-lorenz-duchamps\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicized attacks on the FBI\u2019s integrity \u201cerode\u00a0respect\u201d and put agents at risk, the agency\u2019s director said on Thursday, hours after an armed man was shot and killed by federal agents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1604177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1604177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}