Donald Trump has trouble hiring good people. My theory is that in his corporate life he could take a chance on someone and dump them if they didn't perform.
Doesn't work that way in Washington, as Jeff Sessions demonstrated. Now The Donald is stuck with Chrisopher Wray. Didn't Trump know about this:
He was born to privilege with a silver spoon in his mouth and is now worth $23 million to $42 million.
Wray was Assistant Attorney General from 2003 to 2005, working under Deputy Attorney General James Comey.
While heading the Criminal Division, Wray oversaw prominent fraud investigations, including Enron. The Enron task force was led by Andrew Weissmann, Mueller's chief lieutenant. Unsealed records in the Enron case expose efforts by Weissmann to intimidate witnesses and to interfere in the attorney-client relationship of a cooperating witness.
He has professional associations with many Trump critics.
Wray joined King & Spalding in 2005 as a litigation partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., and Atlanta offices.
In 2018, former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates rejoined the firm's Special Matters and Government practice group as a partner. Trump removed Yates after she instructed Justice Department attorneys not to defend his immigration order. She has since emerged as a vocal critic of the administration.
Just this year, Rod Rosenstein, the former deputy attorney general who initiated and oversaw the special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller, joined King & Spalding LLP as part of their special matters and government investigations team,
His words an actions point to his bias.
Wray pushed back critics who say the FBI is part of the “Deep State,” saying the characterization is “affront” to bureau employees.
He sat on documents revealing that the FBI set up General Flynn. "Where’s Christopher Wray?" Rep Jim Jordan asked. "Why didn’t we learn any of this from him?"
Wray resisted pressure from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to replace the bureau’s deputy director, Andrew McCabe, who was fired for leaking to the press.
He referred to the FBI's numerous illegal actions regarding FISA as “multiple omissions and misstatements.” He refused to even refer to the FBI misconduct as deceptions. Wray promised he would send a message to the entire FBI workforce reminding employees of the importance of adhering to accuracy procedures.
When Attorney General William Barr recently agreed there had been “spying” on the Trump campaign, Christopher Wray told senators “that’s not the term I would use.” As the FBI boss explained, “lots of people have different colloquial phrases."
He is fighting to keep the thousands of outstanding text messages between FBI lovers Peter Strzok and Lisa Page under wraps until after the 2020 election.
"Perhaps the president thought he had better things to do than face another interminable nomination battle for a new director," columnist Roger Simon writes. "Or perhaps he was trying to co-opt Wray. But if the FBI is meant to come back, proudly or otherwise, Christopher Wray is not the man. He is part of the problem."
~ Eustace