Firing FBI Director Christopher Wray would be a huge mistake

Published May 11, 2020 4:51pm ET



President Trump is apparently considering removing FBI Director Christopher Wray from his post. The obvious tell when Trump ponders relieving an appointee of their post usually arrives in some form of prevarication — “We’ll have to see.”

When pressed on FOX & Friends about the Justice Department’s stunning decision to drop criminal charges against Michael Flynn, along with reports that the Comey-era FBI railroaded Flynn because of political bias, Trump responded with: “Well, a lot of things are going to be told in the next couple of weeks, and let’s see what happens.”

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