In contrast with attorney general’s comments, Christopher Wray urges lawmakers to await internal review of FBI probe of Trump campaign advisers.
By Devlin Barrett Devlin Barrett Reporter focusing on national security and law enforcement Email Bio Follow May 7 at 10:47 AM FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said Tuesday he would not call the investigation of Trump campaign advisers in 2016 “spying’’ — distancing himself from language used by President Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr.
Wray, who took over the bureau in 2017, urged lawmakers to wait for the findings from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who is expected to issue a report in a month or two about the origins of the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign, and the law enforcement tools that were used, including foreign intelligence surveillance court orders.
He later said he did not mean the term “spying” in a critical way, noting he had once worked as a lawyer at the CIA. In his testimony Tuesday, Wray tried to make clear that while he did not use the term “spying” about the Trump investigation, he was not picking a fight with those who do.
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