Wray Defends FBI Amid Threats to Agents Over Trump Home Search

Aug. 19, 2022, 5:44 PM UTC

FBI Director Christopher Wray defended the actions his agents have taken as part of an investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents in response to heightened criticism and threats of violence.

“We don’t cut corners,” Wray said in an email obtained by Bloomberg News and sent last week to all FBI personnel.

“We ask the tough questions -- including of ourselves, making sure among other things that the investigative steps we take are measured and scrupulously consistent with our national security obligations and our role upholding the Constitution,” Wray wrote.

The FBI has come under intense ...

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