President-elect Donald Trump
spoke On Sunday, he spoke to NBC News' Kristen Welker for more than an hour, detailing what he plans to do on his first day in office. Asked if he actually intended to fire FBI Director Christopher Wray (whose term ends in 2027), President Trump answered in the affirmative and offered a damning justification.
“I can't say I'm excited for him,” Trump told Welker. “He broke into my house. I'm suing the state over it. He broke into Mar-a-Lago. I'm very unhappy with what he did.”
The FBI searched President Trump's Palm Beach mansion in August 2022, but the agency similarly did not investigate Biden, who admitted to transporting and possessing classified documents. After the raid — Ray does it later. proposed It wasn't a raid at all — Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland likely appointed Jack Smith illegallyas a special counsel investigating government documents kept by President Trump in his Florida home. Mr. Smith filed 37 felony charges against Mr. Trump, but the case was ultimately dismissed.
August 2024, President Trump's lawyer Daniel Epstein
submitted Notice of intent to sue the Department of Justice for $100 million. Epstein said in his administrative tort complaint that Garland and Wray's decisions regarding the raid were “inconsistent with protocols requiring the consent of the subject of the investigation, disclosure to that individual's attorney, and use of the local U.S. attorney's office.” “I was doing it,” he pointed out.
“Nothing like this has ever happened in the history of our country.”
“Garland and Ray's decision regarding the Mar-a-Lago attack was not based on “social, economic, or political policy'' and was a clear violation of constitutional principles, consistent with the application of the proposed plaintiffs to the plaintiffs.'' “It was based on a non-sexual standard and a clear intention to be involved in the crime. It was political persecution,” Epstein continued. “The targeting, indictment, and harassment of President Trump by Attorney General Garland, FBI Director Wray, and Special Counsel Smith were consistent with malicious political intent aimed at influencing the outcome of the election to prevent President Trump from winning re-election.” It is an indictment.”
In addition to taking issue with the raids, which could ultimately cost the U.S. government millions of dollars, President Trump told Welker on Sunday that Wray's comments about high crime rates and the Butler shooting have led to He suggested that he had more confidence in the FBI director.
“When I got shot in the ear, [Wray] I said, “Oh, that might have been the case.”
debris. ” Where do the debris come from? Does it come from heaven? “I don't think so,” Trump said, adding, “We need someone to fix it — you know, I have a lot of respect for the FBI, but my respect for the FBI has gone way back. “It has declined significantly over the years,” he said.
Despite speaking at length earlier in the interview about President Trump's choice of Kash Patel to be the next FBI director, Welker asked about the technical necessity of canning Wray.
President Trump responded, “If Mr. Kash takes office, it's clear that he will be replacing someone else.'' “Really? That someone is the man you're talking about.”
Mr. Welker repeatedly tried to instigate Mr. Trump into saying he would direct Mr. Patel to go after his political opponents, but Mr. Trump refused to accept his proposed FBI director or his proposed attorney general, a former Florida Republican. As for Attorney General Pam Bondi, she insisted she would do it. Take a hands-off approach.
“He's going to do what he thinks is right,” Trump said. “If someone is dishonest or crooked or [a] If he's a corrupt politician, I think he probably has a duty to do that. ”
President Trump reiterated his dissatisfaction with the current Justice Department and FBI, emphasizing that it is up to Bondi and Patel to take action.
“What they did to me with their weaponization is shameful,” Trump said. “Nothing like this has ever happened in our country's history. And I won those cases. I won every one of them, and the rest won. A deranged Jack Smith is on his way home.'' A place where he can execute people, this is where he should be… He's dangerous just being there. ”
After President Trump announced his nomination of Patel on November 30, the candidates to replace Mr. Wray were share “It is the honor of a lifetime to be nominated by President Trump to lead the FBI. Together, we will restore integrity, accountability, and equal justice to our justice system and return the FBI to its rightful mission.” It's about protecting the American people. ”
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