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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 07:08 PM Jan 2018

Trump denies new FBI director threatened to resign under pressure from Sessions

Source: CNN




By Kaitlan Collins and Eli Watkins, CNN

Updated 5:13 PM ET, Tue January 23, 2018

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump denied Tuesday that FBI Director Christopher Wray threatened to resign in the wake of pressure from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to make staffing changes among the senior ranks at the FBI.

Sessions communicated to Wray, who was hand-picked by Trump and sworn in in August, that he needed a fresh start with his senior team at the FBI, a source familiar with the conversation told CNN. Sessions specifically suggested the bureau's deputy director, Andrew McCabe, and its top lawyer, James Baker, should go.

It is not clear if Sessions explicitly told Wray to fire the two men or simply reassign them, according to the source. Wray, in turn, threatened to quit if McCabe was removed or reassigned from his post. Baker was reassigned late last year.

Asked Tuesday about reports of Wray's threat to quit, Trump said: "He didn't at all. He did not even a little bit. Nope. And he's gonna do a good job."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/politics/chris-wray-jeff-sessions/index.html

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Trump denies new FBI director threatened to resign under pressure from Sessions (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
Trump has told some many lies that it is impossible to believe him Gothmog Jan 2018 #1
What does it matter if trump denies something??? mpcamb Jan 2018 #8
This one should be relatively easy to check Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #2
AngryWHstaffer@angrierwhstaffer which has been a solid account, seems pretty dewsgirl Jan 2018 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author hlthe2b Jan 2018 #4
If he opens his mouth it's a lie blueinredohio Jan 2018 #5
That Confirms It Then SoCalMusicLover Jan 2018 #6
The problem isn't Wray xxqqqzme Jan 2018 #7

Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
1. Trump has told some many lies that it is impossible to believe him
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 07:10 PM
Jan 2018

Trump does realize that his tweets on McCabe are still available for people to look at?

mpcamb

(2,855 posts)
8. What does it matter if trump denies something???
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:06 PM
Jan 2018

He wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the ass.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
3. AngryWHstaffer@angrierwhstaffer which has been a solid account, seems pretty
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 07:15 PM
Jan 2018

Confident this was a strategic Mueller leak, meant to go hand in hand with today's Sessions/Mueller news.

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