FBI chief Wray rejects Trump criticism
 

WASHINGTON: FBI Director Christopher Wray defended his agency against US President Trump?s criticism aimed at discrediting the probe into alleged collusion between his campaign and Russia in last year?s election.
Trump laid into the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Twitter last weekend, accusing its agents of political bias and Wray?s predecessor James Comey, who Trump fired in May, of lying. ?Its reputation is in Tatters ? worst in History,? Trump wrote of the FBI, at the end of series of tweets about a senior agent who allegedly supported Trump?s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. ?My experience has been that our reputation is quite good,? Wray told the House Judiciary Committee. ?The agents, analysts and staff of the FBI are big boys and girls. We understand that we will take criticism from all corners. We?re accustomed to that,? he said. Wray fielded tough questions over whether both last year?s probe into Clinton?s use of classified material on a private email server, and special prosecutor Robert Mueller?s investigation into possible collusion by the Trump campaign with Russian interference, were run by anti-Trump investigators. Wray acknowledged controversy over the allegedly pro-Clinton FBI agent who was dismissed as a lead investigator on Mueller?s team ? the news which sparked Trump?s weekend anti-FBI tweetstorm. Agent Peter Strzok also allegedly had a key role in Comey?s July 2016 decision ? in the middle of election.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World...~4/Jhi6QTOvYhw

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