{"id":2307599,"date":"2024-07-24T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-demands-fbi-director-resign-instead-of-sweet-talking-congress-on-biden-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T19:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T23:06:26","slug":"trump-demands-fbi-director-resign-instead-of-sweet-talking-congress-on-biden-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-demands-fbi-director-resign-instead-of-sweet-talking-congress-on-biden-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump demands FBI director resign instead of \u2018sweet talking Congress\u2019 on Biden &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ftrump-demands-fbi-director-resign-instead-of-sweet-talking-congress-on-biden-washington-examiner%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=2307599&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>Former \u200cPresident Donald Trump called for FBI Director Christopher Wray&#8217;s resignation after \u2064Wray&#8217;s testimony to Congress about \u200cthe investigation into an attempt on Trump&#8217;s life and President Biden&#8217;s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-short-history-of-how-anthony-fauci-has-kept-failing-up-since-1984\/\" title=\"A Short History Of How Anthony Fauci Has Kept Failing Up Since 1984\">mental acuity<\/a>. \u200dTrump criticized Wray&#8217;s \u2062response about Biden&#8217;s cognitive\u200b state \u2063and \u200cdemanded his \u2063resignation. Trump&#8217;s comments were made on the social media platform Truth Social. \u2063Trump wrote on Truth Social,\u200b &#8220;FBI Director\u200d Christopher \u2062Wray is \u2062a \u2064disgrace to the bureau and should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chief-justice-john-roberts-is-corrupt-and-should-resign-immediately-attorney-lin-wood-goes-scorched-earth-on-scotus-chief-justice\/\" title=\"\u201cChief Justice John Roberts Is Corrupt and Should Resign Immediately\u201d \u2013 Attorney Lin Wood GOES SCORCHED EARTH on SCOTUS Chief Justice\">resign immediately<\/a>. His\u200b handling \u200bof the investigation \u2062into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-regime-breaches-russian-constitution-with-navalny-arrest\/\" title=\"Putin regime breaches Russian Constitution with Navalny arrest\">attempted assassination<\/a> on my life was\u200d pathetic, and his refusal to acknowledge\u200b the cognitive\u200b decline of \u2063President\u2064 Biden is inexcusable. Wray \u2062has lost the confidence \u200bof the American people and must\u200c step down before he \u2062causes any\u2064 more \u2064harm to our \u2063nation&#8217;s \u2064security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former president&#8217;s\u200d remarks come after Wray testified before Congress about the FBI&#8217;s\u200d investigation into a \u2062plot to assassinate Trump \u2062during his presidency. Wray confirmed that\u200b the bureau had thwarted \u2062the attempted attack but did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-biden-to-roll-back-president-trumps-crackdown-of-china\/\" title=\"Reports: Biden to roll back President Trump\u2019s crackdown of China\">provide details<\/a> about the suspects or\u200c their motives.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, during the hearing, Wray was asked \u200cabout President Biden&#8217;s mental acuity, to which he responded that he had not seen\u200c any\u200b evidence to \u200bsuggest that \u200bBiden \u200dwas unfit to serve as \u2063president. Trump and \u200bhis supporters have been critical of \u2064Biden&#8217;s cognitive state and have repeatedly questioned his ability to lead\u200d the country.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be \u200dseen how Wray will respond to Trump&#8217;s call for\u200b his resignation\u2062 and\u2064 whether there \u2063will\u200c be\u200c any further fallout from \u200bthe former president&#8217;s comments on Truth Social.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump demands FBI director resign instead of &lsquo;sweet talking Congress&rsquo; on Biden<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1712620\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> demanded that FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christopher-wray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Christopher Wray<\/a> resign after his testimony to Congress on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Wray testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee, mainly speaking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3097571\/thomas-matthew-crooks-researched-jfk-assassination-attempt-against-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"investigation\">investigation<\/a> into the assassination attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life but also giving his perspective on President Joe Biden&rsquo;s mental acuity. Trump mainly had a problem with the last point, viewing it as grounds to call for Wray&rsquo;s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I watched the Congressional Hearing today as Christopher Wray was asked the question whether or not he noticed any Cognitive Degeneration in his many conversations with Crooked Joe Biden and, despite the fact that Special Counsel Robert Hur said, effectively, that Joe Biden is INCOMPETENT, with LITTLE MEMORY, etc., Wray said that &lsquo;it is not something I observed during my interactions with him, which were uneventful and unremarkable,&rsquo; essentially stating that he found nothing wrong, mentally or physically, with &lsquo;Joe,&#8217;&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112843245048191931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote on Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If that is the case, Director Wray should resign immediately from the FBI, and stop &lsquo;sweet talking&rsquo; Congress every time he goes up, which he loves to do, because anybody can see that Joe Biden is cognitively and physically challenged, and if you can&rsquo;t see that, you sure as hell can&rsquo;t be running the FBI &ndash; Unless, that is, you want to illegally lead the Raid on Mar-a-Lago,&rdquo; he added, reviving his complaints over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3011757\/doj-trump-more-classified-records-mar-a-lago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FBI raid on his residence in August 2022<\/a>. &ldquo;Wray has to resign, and NOW, for LYING TO CONGRESS!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) pressed Wray on Biden&rsquo;s mental fitness. The FBI director said all his encounters with and briefings to the president were &ldquo;uneventful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wray spent much of the hearing giving details about the investigation into the assassination attempt on Trump, revealing that attempted assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3097571\/thomas-matthew-crooks-researched-jfk-assassination-attempt-against-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"researched\">researched<\/a> the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy about a week before.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1712620\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1712620\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former \u200cPresident Donald Trump called for FBI Director Christopher Wray&#8217;s resignation after \u2064Wray&#8217;s testimony to Congress about \u200cthe investigation into an attempt on Trump&#8217;s life and President Biden&#8217;s\u200d mental acuity. \u200dTrump criticized Wray&#8217;s \u2062response about Biden&#8217;s cognitive\u200b state \u2063and \u200cdemanded his \u2063resignation. Trump&#8217;s comments were made on the social media platform Truth Social. \u2063Trump wrote &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2307600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Christopher-Wray-Trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,36083,6522,36084,3634],"class_list":["post-2307599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-fbi-director","tag-resignation","tag-sweet-talking","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Christopher-Wray-Trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307599","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2307600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}