Trump's New FBI Pick Shouldn't Get a Hearing

[babylonsister]

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/trump-fbi-pick-christopher-wray-shouldnt-get-a-hearing-w486263


Trump's New FBI Pick Shouldn't Get a Hearing

Christopher Wray might be qualified, but Trump shouldn't get to pick someone who will investigate him
By Jesse Berney
2 hours ago


I don't care about Christopher Wray's qualifications. People who know him consider him a "serious, respectable" pick or a "smart, serious, and professional" one. It doesn't matter.

Donald Trump told James Comey to back off his investigation of Michael Flynn. He asked him for his loyalty. After Comey refused both requests, Trump fired him for (sorry) trumped-up reasons. He then admitted in an interview with Lester Holt he fired Comey because of the Russia investigation.

Let that sink in: The president fired the director of the FBI to impede and obstruct an investigation into himself and his staff. Why on earth would we even consider allowing that same man to nominate Jim Comey's successor?

How could we possibly trust that anyone Trump chooses to head the FBI hasn't offered him some kind of assurance? Or that Trump hasn't made it clear to him he too will be fired if the FBI continues its investigations?

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Wray may be eminently qualified to serve as FBI director, or he may have troubling blemishes on his record that make him a terrible choice. Under normal circumstances, we'd rely on the confirmation process to suss that out.

But Wray shouldn't get a confirmation hearing. No one nominated for the job by Trump should. It's not a hard question. If you're under a cloud of suspicion, you shouldn't get to pick the guy looking into you. And no matter how experienced and serious Wray may be, he accepted a job Trump never should have been allowed to fill. That alone marks his judgment as questionable.

[bettyellen]

1. Wray has help obstruct to Christies benefit. Nope.

[beachbum bob]

2. democrats can only stop by use of a filibuster and Mcconnel can throw the nuclear option at that

[MrPurple]

3. Filibustering appointees was already nuked by Harry Reid

That's how Betsy Devos got in with a tie break vote from Pence. The only way Wray could be stopped would be if 3 Republican Senators crossed over and voted against him.