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Section 702 is a key provision of the US Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows the FBI to monitor non-Americans outside the US to get foreign intelligence information. Several Republicans pointed to the findings of John Durham, the special counsel who probed the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Wray called Durham’s findings, primarily that the FBI should have only launched a preliminary – not full – investigation into connections between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, “totally unacceptable.” The village has a general store with a post office. The village also has a pub, The George and Dragon; a tearoom, Bridge House Farm Tearooms; and the Bridge House Bistro.

I consider the conduct that was described in the Durham report as totally unacceptable and unrepresentative of what I see from the FBI every day and must never be allowed to happen again,” Wray said. Are you protecting the Bidens?” asked Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, after pressing Wray over allegations from an IRS whistleblower related to the Hunter Biden investigation. Over the years, I mean literally, over the last 10 years, the entire 10 years I've served as a member of this committee and as a member of the United States Senate, I've been told fairly consistent answers under different FBI directors in different presidential administrations run by different parties," Lee said to Wray.

Wray joined the government in 1997 as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2001, he moved to the Justice Department as associate deputy attorney general and principal associate deputy attorney general. [14] So having said that, I do not consider what happened on January 6th to be an acceptable result and that is why we're looking at figuring how to the process could be improved," Wray continued. Republicans may also object to reauthorising of legislation that gives federal intelligence agencies broad powers to conduct foreign surveillance – including some that could include capture foreign communications with US citizens. Well, let's think about that the next 47 seconds. Oath Keepers, are they a domestic terrorist organization?" Graham asked. Wray also emphasized that the search was conducted in a such a way that the agents did not draw undue attention that day by wearing plain clothes and waiting until the former president had left the property.

Democrats responded by arguing that the hearing itself was entirely political and that Republicans were trying to protect Trump. Capelouto, J.D. "Five Things to Know About Chris Wray's Family". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia, US . Retrieved September 21, 2017. Lippman, Daniel (May 20, 2021). "Inside Trump's push to oust his own FBI chief". POLITICO . Retrieved January 16, 2023. He has also defended the FBI, saying that defunding the federal agency - like some Republicans have called for - would put Americans at risk

Gaetz and Wray got into a heated exchange after the Florida Republican alleged that the bureau has “the lowest level of trust in the FBI’s history.” Wray: Well, as I said, if connection with the particular report that you're referring to, the Norfolk S.I.R. as they call it, we did communicate that information in a timely fashion to the Capitol Police and MPD in not one, not two, but three different ways. Wray’s testimony Wednesday gave new insight into the effects of the threats against federal law enforcement following the search and Trump’s federal indictment in Florida several weeks ago. The ethical concerns involving court justices have continued to mount. Most recently, the Guardian reported that lawyers who have conducted business before the US supreme court have paid an aide to Clarence Thomas money via Venmo.

Respectfully congressman, in your home state of Florida, the number of people applying to come work for us and devote their lives working for us is over up over 100%,” Wray responded. Well, I don't think we have treated the Proud Boys itself as a domestic terrorism group, but we certainly have individuals," Wray said before he was interrupted by Graham.Wray’s comments came in an exchange with Democratic congressman Steve Cohen, who asked Wray whether Ray Epps, a man Carlson and others have claimed was a government agent and provoked the storming of the US Capitol, worked for the FBI. Following the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey on May 9, 2017, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie presented to President Donald Trump the possibility of hiring Wray as Comey's replacement. [28] Trump interviewed Wray for the vacant FBI Director job on May 30, 2017, according to then Press Secretary Sean Spicer. [14] On June 7, 2017, Trump announced his intention to nominate Wray to be the next FBI Director. [29] Wray's Senate confirmation hearing commenced on July 12, 2017. [30] Among other testimony, when asked if he believed that the investigation into Russian 2016 election interference and possible links to Trump's campaign is a " witch hunt", he stated that he did not. [30] On July 20, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously recommended to confirm Wray as the next Director of the FBI. [31] Wray was officially confirmed by the Senate with bipartisan support on August 1, 2017; the vote was 92–5. [32] [33] Tenure [ edit ] Mr. Wray also pointed to the threat from Hamas in urging lawmakers to reauthorize a key surveillance tool, known as Section 702, which is set to expire by the end of this year. All of the intelligence on the group that is gathered from electronic surveillance, as opposed to human informants, was assembled using that particular section of the law, he said.

Open hearing on worldwide threats". U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. February 13, 2018. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018 . Retrieved March 23, 2018. Sequence commences at video timestamp 01:15:38. Wray was sworn in by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a private ceremony on August 2, 2017. [34] Wray was formally sworn in on September 28, 2017, in a ceremony that was not attended by President Trump, marking the first time an FBI director had been sworn in without the president who nominated him present at the ceremony. [35] Some Republicans have threatened to reduce the salaries of government officials they find insufficiently forthcoming to their inquiries, including FBI director Chris Wray.Le Miere, Jason (July 12, 2017). "Christopher Wray will take a significant hit to his salary if confirmed as FBI director". Newsweek.