{"id":513243,"date":"2022-11-21T03:36:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T00:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/christopher-wray-grilled-on-using-fbi-jet-for-vacation\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T03:36:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T00:36:52","slug":"christopher-wray-grilled-on-using-fbi-jet-for-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/christopher-wray-grilled-on-using-fbi-jet-for-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Christopher Wray grilled on using FBI jet for vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a271faeaa898\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a271faeaa898\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/christopher-wray-grilled-on-using-fbi-jet-for-vacation\/#%E2%80%9CChristopher_Wray_grilled_on_using_FBI_jet_for_vacation%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Christopher Wray grilled on using FBI jet for vacation&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CChristopher_Wray_grilled_on_using_FBI_jet_for_vacation%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Christopher Wray grilled on using FBI jet for vacation&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Miranda Devine\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/miranda-devine222.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hero FBI whistleblower, special agent Steve Friend, has been let down by the Office of Special Counsel which rejected his complaint about FBI politicization two days after the midterms. The rejection letter, signed by Johanna Oliver, attorney in the Disclosure Unit, says that FBI director Christopher Wray has complete \u201cdiscretion to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>rove departure\u201d from bureau rules for investigations. In other words, anything goes.<\/p>\n<p>But Friend continues his quest to stop the bureau abusing its power.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he and dozens of suspended and sympathetic FBI employees are busy formulating questions to ask Wray during an all-hands virtual meeting with 36,000 FBI employees, believed to be on Dec. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Josh Hawley already got in a few zingers last week at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, the first time Wray has faced oversight since he cut short a hearing in August to fly the FBI jet on a vacation to the Adirondacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FBI would not comment when The Post first reported the jaunt, but on Thursday, under pressure from Hawley, Wray finally admitted the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley cited The Post\u2019s report that \u201cthe reason the hearing had to be cut short is because you were flying on a Gulfstream jet for a personal vacation in the Adirondacks,\u201d said Hawley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease tell me that\u2019s not accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Wray claimed he never cut short the hearing and he is \u201crequired to fly on an FBI plane wherever I go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley \u201cSo, you were going on vacation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wray: \u201cI was, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley: \u201cSo you left a statutorily required oversight hearing in order to go on a personal vacation in the Adirondacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wray: \u201cI took a flight to go visit my family as had been previously arranged with leadership of the committee\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley: \u201cNo, no, no. The ranking member Chuck Grassley asked you during the hearing, he said: \u2018I assume you must have other business\u2019. You said \u2018yes\u2019. He then said if you have a business <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>, you have your own plane, can\u2019t it wait a while?\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you said you had a plane to catch, you had somewhere to go, and now we find out it was for a vacation?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/josh-hawley.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sen. Josh Hawley grilled Wray on his use of the FBI jet during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on November 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24728083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/josh-hawley.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/josh-hawley.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/josh-hawley.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Josh Hawley grilled Wray on his use of the FBI jet during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on November 17, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fbi-plane-n977ga.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Wray took the FBI jet to a family vacation in New York's Adirondack mountains.\" class=\"wp-image-24728113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fbi-plane-n977ga.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fbi-plane-n977ga.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fbi-plane-n977ga.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wray took the FBI Gulfstream jet to a family vacation in New York\u2019s Adirondack mountains.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Andrew W. Sieber via Flickr<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wray: \u201cThe reference to other business was not a reference to that day. It was a reference to the following week where Sen. Grassley and I were going to see each other in Iowa when I had other business in Iowa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley: \u201cYou had to leave the hearing early because you were going to see him later in Iowa?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wray: \u201cNo, I had to leave when I said I was going to have to leave as had been previously organized with the leadership\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley: \u201cYou left an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, required by statute, so you could vacation with your family. I find that absolutely unbelievable and frankly indefensible\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wray-grassley.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Wray told Sen. Chuck Grassley he needed to leave the hearing early because of &quot;other business.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-24728082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wray-grassley.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wray-grassley.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wray-grassley.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wray told Sen. Chuck Grassley he needed to leave the hearing early because of \u201cother business.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is indefensible, as is Wray\u2019s slippery claim that he was referring to a future meeting in Iowa when he told Grassley, while \u201chightailing\u201d it out of the Aug. 4 hearing, that he had \u201cother business\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grassley was skeptical about Wray\u2019s most recent performance, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley\/status\/1593617319128965120\">tweeting in disgust Friday<\/a>: \u201cCan u believe what FBI Dir Wray said yesterday?[His]commitment to transparency is lackluster at best\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The next step is for Wray to show the committee receipts \u2014 with dates \u2014 for all the personal flights on the FBI jet he says he paid for out of his own pocket.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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