{"id":1970799,"date":"2023-07-12T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wray-hearing-defunding-fbi-would-put-hundreds-more-violent-criminals-out-on-the-street\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:43:01","slug":"wray-hearing-defunding-fbi-would-put-hundreds-more-violent-criminals-out-on-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wray-hearing-defunding-fbi-would-put-hundreds-more-violent-criminals-out-on-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Defunding FBI risks releasing &#8216;more violent criminals&#8217;"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fwray-hearing-defunding-fbi-would-put-hundreds-more-violent-criminals-out-on-the-street%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=1970799&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--><h2>FBI Director Warns of Consequences if Funding is Slashed<\/h2>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray recently testified before the House Judiciary Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-gun-control-and-decries-banning-books-in-july-4-message-to-teachers-union\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for gun control and opposes 'book bans' in July 4 message to teachers union.\">addressing concerns raised<\/a> by some members of the House Republican Conference who have proposed cutting funding to the agency. In his testimony, Wray outlined the potential repercussions of such a move.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Communities and Combating Crime<\/h3>\n<p>Wray emphasized that reducing funding to the FBI would have a detrimental impact on the agency&#8217;s ability to fulfill its missions and goals. He warned that without adequate resources, there would be a significant increase in violent crime and drug trafficking across the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe would have hundreds more violent criminals out on the street, dozens more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-decries-proposed-22-percent-budget-cut-says-china-not-dialing-back\/\" title=\"FBI Director Decries Proposed 22 Percent Budget Cut, Says China \u2018Not Dialing Back\u2019\">violent gangs terrorizing communities<\/a>, hundreds more child predators on the loose, hundreds more kids left at those predators\u2019 mercy instead of being rescued,\u201d Wray stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>National Security Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Highlighting the broader implications, Wray also addressed the potential threats that would go unaddressed if funding to the FBI was slashed. He specifically mentioned the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s activities and the risk of unmitigated ransomware attacks.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is not uncommon right now for a single FBI office in a single operation to seize enough fentanyl to wipe out an entire state,\u201d Wray explained. \u201cSo, many, many, many, many more of those doses would be sweeping the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Political Backlash<\/h2>\n<p>The debate over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/data-shows-increase-in-law-enforcement-officer-deaths-as-crime-rates-surge\/\" title=\"Data shows increase in law enforcement officer deaths as crime rates surge\">defunding law enforcement agencies<\/a> has been a contentious issue, with Democrats calling for police departments to be defunded in 2020. Republicans have seized on this as a campaign message, warning that electing Democrats would lead to defunding the police. Now, Democrats find themselves facing similar criticism as calls to strip funding from the FBI gain traction.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how this debate will unfold, but the potential consequences outlined by Director Wray serve as a stark reminder of the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wray-hearing-defunding-fbi-would-put-hundreds-more-violent-criminals-out-on-the-street\/\" title=\"Defunding FBI risks releasing 'more violent criminals'\">adequately funding law enforcement agencies<\/a> to ensure the safety and security of our communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray warned the House Judiciary Committee about the consequences of reducing funding for his agency, as proposed by certain House Republicans. Amid allegations of the FBI targeting conservatives, calls to slash the bureau&#8217;s funding have emerged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1970800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970799","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=1970799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}