FBI nominee Wray: ‘Torture is wrong’

Published July 12, 2017 11:18am ET



President Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation reassured members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that he was against the use of torture of non-citizen informants, and denied any personal involvement in the so-called “torture memos” that the Department of Justice relied upon in the early 2000’s to interrogate terrorists.

“My view is that torture is wrong, it’s unacceptable, it’s illegal, and I think it’s ineffective,” Christopher Wray said in response to a question from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

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