Matt Gaetz Asks Christopher Wray to His Face if the FBI Is ‘Protecting’ the Biden Family
FBI Director Christopher Wray insists his department is not politically protecting the Biden family. During a hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) read texts allegedly from President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter…
FBI Director Christopher Wray insists his department is not politically protecting the Biden family.
During a hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) read texts allegedly from President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, to his business associate Raymond Zhao.
After reading the message, Gaetz asked Wray, “Sounds like a shake-down doesn’t it director?”
“I’m not going to get into commenting on that,” Wray responded.
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However, Gaetz shot back, “You seem deeply uncurious about it, don’t you? Almost suspiciously uncurious.”
He asked, “Are you protecting the Bidens?”
“Absolutely not. The FBI does not and has no interest in protecting anyone politically,” Wray fired back.
Still, Gaetz insisted, “You won’t answer the question about whether or not that’s a shake-down, and everybody knows why you won’t answer it. Because to the millions of the people who will see this, they know it is. And your inability to acknowledge that is deeply revealing about you.”
He later insisted the FBI was trusted more by the American people when J. Edgar Hoover was the director than today and claimed, “The reason is because you don’t give straight answers… You won’t criticize an obvious shake-down when it’s directly in front of us. And it appears as though you’re whitewashing the conduct of corrupt people.”