FBI Director Christopher Wray faced another grilling before lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Here are the highlights:
Zoe Lofgren Declares FBI Politicization A ‘Conspiracy’
California Democrat Congresswoman and former Trump impeachment manager Zoe Lofgren charged Republicans with “engaging in conspiracy theories” to delegitimize the FBI “without any evidence” with claims the agency is opposed to conservatives. Such a statement flies in the face of the recent 155-page court opinion from Missouri v. Biden that outlined a widespread censorship regime, the findings from the Twitter Files, and decades of misconduct in the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency.
Lofgren can catch up on all the evidence she said doesn’t exist here.
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Wray Calls Fed Involvement In J6 Riot ‘Ludicrous,’ Then Refuses Questions
Wray dismissed allegations of undercover FBI involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as “ludicrous” and then refused to answer questions about the scale of the agency’s confirmed involvement.
“The notion that somehow the violence at the Capitol on January 6 was part of some operation orchestrated by FBI sources and agents is ludicrous,” Wray told Tennessee Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen.
California Republican Darrell Issa immediately pressed Wray for answers on FBI operations that day wherein undercover informants wherein the Justice Department deployed “national” forces out of the FBI installation at Quantico with “shoot to kill” authority.
“How many individuals were either FBI
