Staff Reports
FBI Director Christopher Wray appears to be packing his bags two years ahead of schedule, and it seems the writing is firmly plastered across the wall of bureaucracy. The director, who has met his own fair share of skepticism—more than a toddler with a glossy magazine—has made it clear that leaving the FBI might be less painful than being put out to pasture by former President Donald Trump upon his inevitable second term in office. It appears Wray’s tenure, inherited from the even more infamous James Comey, has built fewer bridges than the local construction crew after a snowstorm.
With Trump once again eyeing the White House, his recent nomination of Kash Patel as the new FBI chief has sent Wray searching for the exits faster than a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Reports indicate that Wray is contemplating his departure on or before inauguration day, likely to avoid the awkwardness of being unceremoniously terminated by the man he once sought to outmaneuver. Essentially, it’s the bureaucratic shuffle at its best—where cowardice wears dress shoes and scurries for the nearest hasty retreat.
LONG OVERDUE. Wray has been a disappointment since day one.
Hours After Withering Grassley Letter, FBI Director to Resign: Report https://t.co/myEGmmv8Uc— Sean O'Sullivan (@sosullivan1234) December 11, 2024
A recent letter penned by the incoming Senate Judiciary chair, Sen. Chuck Grassley, reads like the cliff notes version of a murder mystery where the victim was Wray’s reputation. Grassley evidently wasted no time in making it perfectly clear that the FBI needs a complete overhaul and that Wray, who had promised accountability, had fallen spectacularly short of achieving it. His highlights, or lowlights rather, included what can only be described as a bizarre obsession with politically charged investigations and his own party’s radical hyperbole.
In the hilariously disproportionate world of liberal media, Wray’s actions during his six-and-a-half years essentially painted him as the poster child for the “deep state” agenda—a spectacle wherein the FBI seemed more interested in playing political chess than serving the American people. Grassley pointed out Wray’s glaring failure to respond to oversight, a failure to protect whistleblowers, and an overall disdain for transparency that would make even the most skilled magician weep for joy.
When it comes to the FBI’s golden standard of incompetence, Wray’s authorization of an armed raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago should surely take a trophy. The decision to send thirty burly agents packing to the former president’s home, with instructions that would frighten even the most hardened criminal, only highlights the troubling tendency of the bureau to swing the battering ram instead of properly following the letter of the law. Outrageously, Wray didn’t find the time to scrutinize Hillary Clinton’s email debacle with the same vigor, showing that the agency has officially become a game of partisan favoritism.
As the dust settles and Wray’s departure looms, the prospect of Kash Patel taking the reins is nothing short of refreshing for those leaning toward an era of FBI accountability—a concept that Wray seemed to interpret as an abstract notion. With Patel at the helm, there’s hope that the FBI might actually start acting like the law enforcement agency it was intended to be, instead of the covert political operation that Wray inadvertently nurtured. Regardless of how one spins it, Wray leaving the FBI could very well be seen as the worst-kept secret in Washington. After all, it seems even the “deep state” understood that the jig was up.
