three narratives at play during this hearing. fbi director wray talked about the good things the fbi are doing. democrats talked about donald trump and republicans talked about what they perceive as weaponization of government. i m curious are you protecting the bidens. absolutely not. hold on you won t answer whether that s a shakedown. he pledged to stay above the frey. fbi dricket christopher wray could not escape the politics. i come from a fairly rural district is weaponization of the fbi and the doj coming after conservative citizens who just simply want to have a voice in the process? the idea that i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me given my own personal background. wray is a republican. democrats accused the republicans of having an ulterior motive. it is an elaborate show designed with only two purposes in mind to protect donald trump from the consequences of his actions and to return him to the white house in the next election
designed with only two purposes in mind to protect donald trump from the consequences of his actions and to return him to the white house in the next election. wray used his opening statement to talk 2022 statistics. the fbi arrested more than 20,000 violent criminals and child predators. that s an average of almost 60 bad guys taken off the streets per day? and enscoffed when republicans criticized the bureau for suppressing the covid lab leak theory pointing out the fbi is the only intelligence agency that embraced that theory early on in the pandemic. he also took questions about the attack on the u.s. capitol on january 6th, 2021. this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol on january 6th was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi sources and agents is ludicrous and is a disservice to our brave, hard-working dedicated men and women. the director also took heat for a memo put out by the