{"id":2378469,"date":"2024-12-10T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-savages-fbi-dir-wray-lists-5-of-his-worst-offenses-including-1-on-child-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T12:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:36:54","slug":"grassley-savages-fbi-dir-wray-lists-5-of-his-worst-offenses-including-1-on-child-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-savages-fbi-dir-wray-lists-5-of-his-worst-offenses-including-1-on-child-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassley Savages FBI Dir. Wray, Lists 5 of His Worst Offenses, Including 1 on Child Trafficking"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fgrassley-savages-fbi-dir-wray-lists-5-of-his-worst-offenses-including-1-on-child-trafficking%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=2378469&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>In a scathing letter, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa expressed his lack of confidence in FBI\u2063 Director Christopher Wray, calling \u200bfor his resignation. The\u200c letter \u2062details\u2064 several\u2063 failures during wray&#8217;s tenure, including allegations of misconduct against the\u2062 FBI, a failure to\u2062 investigate potential corruption involving President Biden and his son Hunter, and \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-kennedy-bidens-energy-agenda-going-to-gut-my-state-hurt-america-will-destroy-our-energy-independence\/\" title=\"Senator Kennedy: Biden\u2019s Energy Agenda Going To \u2018Gut\u2019 My State, \u2018Hurt America.\u2019 Will \u2018Destroy Our Energy Independence.\u2019\">issues related<\/a> to sexual misconduct and the \u200dtreatment of whistleblowers within\u200b the agency. Grassley criticized \u200bWray for not addressing the politicization of the FBI and accused him of maintaining double \u200cstandards in\u200c investigations.As \u200bPresident-elect Donald Trump prepares to \u2062appoint Kash Patel to lead the FBI, Grassley indicated that it is\u200c time for \u2064Wray and Deputy Director \u200dPaul\u2063 Abbate to\u2063 step aside for the good of the country. The letter \u2063emphasized the\u200c need for transparency and\u2064 accountability within \u200bthe agency.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a flaming letter replete with instances when the FBI let America down, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa called for FBI Director Christopher Wray to step down.<\/p>\n<p>Wray still has three years left in the 10-year term to which he was appointed, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/09\/us-news\/sen-grassley-expresses-no-confidence-in-fbi-director-wray-as-republicans-cheer-trump-nominee-kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump has named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-struggling-save-political-life-joni-ernst-endorses-another-key-trump-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kash Patel<\/a> to take over the agency, and Monday sources at the FBI claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hours-withering-grassley-letter-fbi-director-resign-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wray was planning to step down<\/a> by Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/news-releases\/grassley-expresses-vote-of-no-confidence-in-director-wray-deputy-director-abbates-continued-leadership-at-fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> posted to Grassley&rsquo;s website, Grassley noted five major areas where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hours-withering-grassley-letter-fbi-director-resign-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wray<\/a> failed America.<\/p>\n<p>The first area of FBI misconduct was &ldquo;[s]ubjecting President Trump to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hours-after-withering-grassley-letter-fbi-director-to-resign-report\/\" title=\"Hours After Withering Grassley Letter, FBI Director to Resign: Report\">continuing double standard<\/a>, including an invasive and unwarranted FBI raid on Trump&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago residence,&rdquo; the release said, noting that the FBI &nbsp;&ldquo;[s]at on bribery allegations against then-Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden&rdquo; and tried to claim allegations about the Bidens were Russian disinformation.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;<\/p>\n<p>Incoming Senate Judiciary Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley?\">@ChuckGrassley<\/a> issues damning 11-page letter of the FBI&rsquo;s widespread malfeasance under the leadership of FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Director Paul Abbate.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate cannot confirm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kash_Patel?\">@Kash_Patel<\/a> soon enough.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qtZAURpDRS\">https:\/\/t.co\/qtZAURpDRS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fDQ2fxa6Wf\">pic.twitter.com\/fDQ2fxa6Wf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#127482;&#127480; Mike Davis &#127482;&#127480; (@mrddmia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrddmia\/status\/1866208710282113386?\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The release said that Wray failed to provide information about sexual misconduct at the FBI, Afghan evacuee vetting, and an FBI memo that labeled Christians as violent extremists.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI also failed to protect whistleblowers and retaliated against them, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/grassley_to_fbi_-_failures.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> Grassley wrote Wray said &ldquo;other examples of blatant failures throughout your tenure abound,&rdquo; including a failure to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">properly investigate &#038;ldquo<\/a>;child trafficking through the Biden-Harris Office of Refugee Resettlement at the Department of Health and Human Services.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also castigated Wray for using an FBI jet to avoid traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The letter said that when Wary was confirmed, Grassley expected him to root out the politicization of the FBI that had taken place under former Director James Comey and reform the agency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As we stand at the threshold of a new Congress and a new administration, with seven years of water under the bridge, you&rsquo;ve failed in these fundamental duties as director. Even President Biden, who denied weaponizing his administration against President-elect Trump, has finally admitted that political bias has indeed infected law enforcement,&rdquo; Grassley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These failures are serious enough and their pattern widespread enough to have shattered my confidence in your leadership and the confidence and hope many others in Congress placed in you. Rather than turn over a new leaf at the FBI, you&rsquo;ve continued to read from the old playbook of weaponization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-churches-finally-got-help-from-scotus-and-it-was-a-huge-blow-to-gavin-newsom\/\" title=\"CA Churches Finally Got Help from SCOTUS and It Was a Huge Blow to Gavin Newsom\">double standards<\/a>, and a relentless game of hide-and-seek with the Congress,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Grassley wrote that Wray&rsquo;s conduct &ldquo;has prevented the truth on some issues from ever reaching the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve also shown a continuing double standard and failure to carry through on promises,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the good of the country, it&rsquo;s time for you and your deputy to move on to the next chapter in your lives,&rdquo; he said, referencing Deputy Director Paul Abbate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve spent my career fighting for transparency, and I&rsquo;ve always called out those in government who have fought against it. For the public record, I must do so once again now. I therefore must express my vote of no confidence in your continued leadership of the FBI,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President-elect Trump has already announced his intention to nominate a candidate to replace you, and the Senate will carefully consider that choice. For my part, I&rsquo;ve also seen enough, and hope your respective successors will learn from these failures,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/grassleys-bribe-recordings-revelation-bad-news-biden-even-worse-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grassley<\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Wray has three years remaining in his 10-year term, as reported by the New York Post. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Kash Patel to lead the agency, and sources indicated that Wray might step down by January 20. Grassley&#8217;s press release highlighted five significant areas where he believes Wray has let the country down, including a perceived double standard regarding President Trump and allegations against Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. The letter criticized Wray for not addressing issues like sexual misconduct within the FBI and failing to protect whistleblowers. Grassley expressed a lack of confidence in Wray&#8217;s leadership and called for both him and Deputy Director Paul Abbate to resign for the good of the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Christopher-Wray-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8049,39798,5591,9760,16521],"class_list":["post-2378469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accountability","tag-child-trafficking","tag-fbi","tag-grassley","tag-wray"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Christopher-Wray-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378469","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=2378469"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378474,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378469\/revisions\/2378474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}