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2020-05-10 -Land of the Free
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FBI director in 'hot seat' as GOP demands reforms
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 [THEHILL] FBI Director Christopher Wray is coming under fire from Republicans and allies of President Trump.
GOP politicians, pundits and conservative figures are signaling growing frustration with Wray over concerns that he has not moved quickly enough to "clean house" within the FBI, a frequent target of criticism for Trump.
Their concerns are linked to the FBI investigation into Russian election interference and the Trump campaign.
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A Department of Justice (DOJ) watchdog found problems with Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant applications linked to former campaign adviser Carter Page, and this week the department decided to drop its case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying it believed the FBI investigation had been conducted improperly.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Judiciary Committee with oversight of the FBI, noted that "we’ve got a problem at the FBI."
"Clearly, we had some people, and maybe still have some people, that don’t understand the rule of law, and nothing’s been done," Kennedy said.
"I supported the FBI director enthusiastically, and I like him personally, but his silence is deafening," he added. "The hits just keep on coming and it needs to be addressed."
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham
...soft-spoken senator from South Carolina, former best buddy of John Maverick McCain. Since McCain's demise, Graham has become more outspoken, more Republican and more of a supporter of President Trump. The speech he gave in support of Brett Kavanaugh was downright manly and really cheesed off the Dems...
(R-S.C.) said that he wasn’t calling on Wray to be removed but noted "they need to up their game."
"I think the FBI needs to show more energy in terms of solving some of these internal problems and I don't know why it took so long to get the information out about the Flynn case," Graham told news hounds before the Justice Department's announcement it was dropping the charges against the former three-star Army general.
Trump has weighed in on the controversy himself, signaling Friday that Wray’s job could be on the line. During a "Fox & Friends" interview, Trump said that the "jury’s still out" on Wray, but called his handling of the review of the Russia probe "disappointing."
"Let’s see what happens with him. ... It would have been a lot easier if he came out rather than skirting" the debate around the Russia investigation, Trump said.
He added that Wray was "appointed" and "recommended" by former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, another frequent Trump punching bag. Trump announced in June 2017 that he was nominating Wray to be the FBI director, roughly a month after he sent shockwaves through Washington by firing then-FBI Director JamesThe spine of the FBI is the rule of law Comey
 The disgraced, except in his own mind, former head of the FBI...
The FBI’s national press office declined a request for comment, but the bureau circulated a statement this week defending Wray and noting that the actions driving Republican anger occurred under "prior FBI leadership," in an apparent reference to Comey. 
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