FBI Director Christopher Wray threatened to resign after Attorney General Jeff Sessions pressured him to remove Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Axios reported Monday.
Wray reportedly told Sessions that he would resign if McCabe was removed from his post, explosive allegations that will only increase attention on President Trump's interactions with the Justice Department.Sessions also allegedly told White House counsel Don McGahn about Wray’s response to the pressure for him to fire McCabe. McGahn replied by telling Sessions that McCabe wasn’t worth losing Wray, according to Axios.
If Wray had resigned, he would be the second FBI director to leave President Trump's administration, after Trump fired James Comey.
Trump interviewed McCabe to replace Comey, but eventually tapped Wray to take over as director.
White House spokesman Raj Shah said that Trump "believes politically-motivated senior leaders including former Director Comey and others he empowered have tainted the agency’s reputation for unbiased pursuit of justice."
"The president appointed Chris Wray because he is a man of true character and integrity and the right choice to clean up the misconduct at the highest levels of the FBI and give the rank and file confidence in their leadership," Shah said.
The FBI and Justice Department declined to comment to Axios.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/370203-wray-threatened-to-resign-after-sessions-pressured-him-to-fire-fbi These deep state fellas stick together.
Or... Christopher Wray thinks scrutiny of Andrew McCabe is horseshit because there's no real evidence he acted inappropriately. That's the problem with hiring career professionals(deep state members) like Rosenstein and Wray, they don't just blindly follow your orders.
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