Maiden Voyage
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President Trump to nominate Christopher A. Wray to be new Director of the FBI
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You're right. That's my bad.
Twilight Princess
Member
Are we not entertained?
Guy is qualified and there is only so many times you can post "Kiss the ring" joke before it gets stale.
Always sad to see someones whole career and good credentials to be boiled down into single drive by post, even when that post also just goes to say that he is good at his job. After all he was Christies defense attorney and successfully defended him.
Seriously. I fucking hate Trump, but I'm not going to let my hate of him warp my view of appointments. At the very least, it is undoubtable that Wray is extremely qualified, and a good pick to lead the FBI.
DerangedHermit
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The "BOOOOOM" has happened btw, haven't seen a thread yet : https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-jcomey-060817.pdf
Poltergust
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A document from the future!?
Princess Carl
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Doesn't this guy work at the law firm representing the russian state owned oil company?
Netherscourge
Banned
Ah, so he's hiring a lawyer who excels at placing blame on government aides and letting the real criminals skate free.
TheLaughingStock
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This was a bad establishment pick by Pres. Trump.
I'm certain that he is good at his job, he was one of the chief guys running the Enron investigation if I remember right, I believe he's far more qualified than any of the other nominees that have been floated since Comey was exiled into the wilderness (other than the guy who was Comey's second-in-command), but I think Trump's entire thought process was "This guy will protect me."
He's hiring a lawyer who lawfully and skillfully and ethically did his job defending Christie... for a non-litigator investigatory oversight role.
It's not a defense attorney's job to Find the True Culprit and to judge him for doing otherwise misunderstands the adversarial legal system.
Oh come on.. Based on the info we have, this is a good pick.
If anyone who is picked by Trump is "compromised", then what do you suggest? That Trump/Congress doesn't approve anyone to head the FBI for the next 4 years? Are Pence's picks compromised as well? What about Paul Ryans (if it came to that
) ?Because that would be the intelligent thing to do.
Because no career FBI employee would swear fealty to Trump if he cared about the "career" part.
Shadow Puppetry
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Trump dun goofed as expected.
Usually a president notifies Congress not only as a courtesy but to also curry favor for the nominee who must pass through the relevant committee and obtain a majority of votes on the Senate floor.
Speaker Ryan didn't address Wray directly but said his experience is "perfect."
"I dont know the guy, but Ive looked at his resume, he seems like to me hes the perfect kind of person," Ryan said during his news conference. "I thought we should have a career person take over the FBI, someone with a deep bench of experience, he certainly seems to fit that bill."
Usually a president notifies Congress not only as a courtesy but to also curry favor for the nominee who must pass through the relevant committee and obtain a majority of votes on the Senate floor.
Speaker Ryan didn't address Wray directly but said his experience is "perfect."
"I dont know the guy, but Ive looked at his resume, he seems like to me hes the perfect kind of person," Ryan said during his news conference. "I thought we should have a career person take over the FBI, someone with a deep bench of experience, he certainly seems to fit that bill."