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FBI Director on Tyre Nichols Video: ‘I Was Appalled'
FBI Director Christopher Wray says he was “appalled” by what he saw when he watched the footage of five Memphis police officers beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.
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FBI Chief Says He's ‘Deeply Concerned' by China's AI Program
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.”
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Chinese Officials Charged With Espionage, Obstruction
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that the Justice Department has unsealed charges against 13 Chinese government officials for allegedly spying on U.S. prosecutors, facilitating fugitives and working to subvert U.S. intelligence efforts on behalf of the People’s Republic of China.
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FBI's Wray Denounces Threats Following Search of Trump Home
The director of the FBI has strong words for supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of his agency’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Christopher Wray says threats circulating online against federal agents and the Justice Department are “deplorable and dangerous.” He says, “Violence against law enforcement is not the answer, no...
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Apple and FBI Grilled by Lawmakers on Spyware From Israeli NSO Group
The letters come after The New York Times reported earlier this year that the FBI had acquired surveillance technology from the NSO Group.
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Wray Issues Apology for FBI's Role in Nassar Investigation
FBI Director Christopher Wray issued an apology while testifying on Wednesday about the FBI’s role in investigating Larry Nassar.
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FBI Director ‘Not Aware' of Specific Probe of Trump Over Capitol Riot
FBI Director Christopher Wray was asked by two Democratic lawmakers Thursday whether the FBI was investigating the role of former President Donald Trump in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. “I’m not aware of any investigation that specifically goes to that,” Wray said when asked the first time. When he was asked by another lawmaker, he said he could neither confirm...
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FBI Director Denounces Using Xenophobic Names for COVID-19
FBI Director Christopher Wray was asked on Tuesday if referring to COVID-19 by xenophobic, China-related names popularized by former President Donald Trump was fueling anti-Asian violence in the country. “I can assure you that’s not language that I would ever use, and hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is something that we are concerned about,” Wray said.
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Wray: Domestic Terrorism, Racially Motivated Extremism, Anarchist Violence All On the Rise
FBI Director Christopher Wray says domestic terrorism, racially motivated terrorism and anarchist violence have all been sharply on the rise since he took over as director.
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Wray: FBI Views Capitol Riots as ‘Domestic Terrorism'
FBI Director Christopher Wray says the criminal activities at the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, is viewed by the bureau as “domestic terrorism.”
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FBI Chief Warns Violent ‘Domestic Terrorism' Growing in US
FBI Director Chris Wray is set to testify for the first time since the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol
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Biden to Keep Christopher Wray on as FBI Director
President Joe Biden will keep Christopher Wray on as FBI director, a White House official told NBC News on Thursday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki prompted some raised eyebrows in law enforcement and intelligence circles on Wednesday when she declined to say in a news briefing whether Biden had confidence in Wray. The inspectors general of the Justice Department and...
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FBI Won't ‘Sidestep' Sexual Misconduct Claims, Director Says
FBI Director Christopher Wray is seeking to reassure agents that the bureau won’t tolerate sexual misconduct in the workplace, promising more resources and full investigations into claims brought against FBI officials — regardless of rank or title
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Bannon Podcast Barred From Twitter Over Comments About Fauci, FBI Director
Former top Trump aide Steve Bannon’s podcast was permanently suspended by Twitter and had an episode yanked from YouTube after he implied that FBI Director Christopher Wray and leading government infectious-diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci should be beheaded and have their heads put on pikes outside the White House.
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Justice Dept. Charges 8 in Chinese Harassment Plot in US
The Justice Department has charged eight people with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man wanted by Beijing to return to China to face charges
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Trump Says He Knows Better Than Experts: 'In Many Cases, I Do'
Asked if he thinks he knows better than his experts, including the CDC and FBI directors, President Donald Trump said, “Yeah, in many cases I do.” The question came days after Trump said CDC Director Robert Redfield was incorrect when he said the coronavirus vaccine wouldn’t be available until later next year.
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FBI: Pensacola Naval Base Attack Was ‘Culmination of Years of Planning'
FBI Director Christopher Wray said the Dec. 6, 2019, terror attack at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, that killed three U.S. service members and wounded eight other Americans was planned for years.
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Senators Urge Anti-Bias Police Training Over Mask Fears
Democratic lawmakers want police departments to be vigilant about any racially biased policing during the coronavirus pandemic, as people in communities of color express fears of being profiled while wearing masks or other face coverings in public
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FBI Director Warns of Ongoing Russian ‘Information Warfare'
FBI Director Chris Wray says Russia is engaged in “information warfare” heading into the 2020 presidential election
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FBI Director Testifies About Domestic Terrorism
FBI Director Christopher Wray spoke to the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday about the threat of domestic terrorism, saying “The threats out there aren’t the same from a decade ago. They’re evolving in scale, in impact, in complexity, in agility.”