Andrew Weissmann: FBI Took the BLM Protests More Seriously than 1/6; ‘They Were All Over It’

WALLACE And here s ░░░░░░░░ Wray s testimony to ░░░░░░░░ Senate Judiciary Committee on ░░░░░░░░ 23rd 2021 where he ░░░░░░░░ asked specifically about the ░░░░░░░░ about violence at the ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts WRAY What ░░░░░░░░ did not have to ░░░░░░░░ knowledge at least is ░░░░░░░░ indicating that hundreds and ░░░░░░░░ of people were going ░░░░░░░░ breach the Capitol complex ░░░░░░░░ to my knowledge we ░░░░░░░░ not have Clip ends ░░░░░░░░ So Andrew Weissmann again ░░░░░░░░ generous interpretation is that ░░░░░░░░ if the FBI alerted ░░░░░░░░ Secret Service on the ░░░░░░░░ of January 5 that ░░░░░░░░ right wing groups including ░░░░░░░░ Oath Keepers were coming ░░░░░░░░ may not have known ░░░░░░░░ was hundreds Right May ░░░░░░░░ been a discrepancy in ░░░░░░░░ number but certainly any ░░░░░░░░ person understood from Christopher ░░░░░░░░ testimony that it was ░░░░░░░░ intelligence failure And we ░░░░░░░░ that s simply not ░░░░░░░░ It was not And ░░░░░░░░ guess in my reporting ░░░░░░░░ s out you brought ░░░░░░░░ to the attention of ░░░░░░░░ viewers on the day ░░░░░░░░ the hearing but I ░░░░░░░░ t dug in enough ░░░░░░░░ give it the time ░░░░░░░░ deserved and my colleague ░░░░░░░░ Dilanian did this fantastic ░░░░░░░░ and that s why ░░░░░░░░ re getting it today ░░░░░░░░ the point is that ░░░░░░░░ is right under the ░░░░░░░░ I didn t make ░░░░░░░░ ton of calls And ░░░░░░░░ three of you know ░░░░░░░░ lot more people than ░░░░░░░░ do but it is ░░░░░░░░ under the surface that ░░░░░░░░ is deep and grave ░░░░░░░░ for people who care ░░░░░░░░ much about the institution ░░░░░░░░ the FBI and everybody ░░░░░░░░ that workforce who think ░░░░░░░░ Christopher Wray has created ░░░░░░░░ vacuum by saying nothing ░░░░░░░░ Well so one I ░░░░░░░░ agree with Frank and ░░░░░░░░ criticism and it s ░░░░░░░░ to know that you ░░░░░░░░ three people on right ░░░░░░░░ who care deeply about ░░░░░░░░ FBI and the institution ░░░░░░░░ I hate to put ░░░░░░░░ work on Merrick Garland ░░░░░░░░ FBI is a part ░░░░░░░░ the Department of Justice ░░░░░░░░ people don t realize ░░░░░░░░ They report directly into ░░░░░░░░ deputy attorney general and ░░░░░░░░ attorney general And Chris ░░░░░░░░ had a very different ░░░░░░░░ to the Black Lives ░░░░░░░░ protests over the summer ░░░░░░░░ they were all over ░░░░░░░░ The deputy attorney the ░░░░░░░░ director excuse me of ░░░░░░░░ FBI said this is ░░░░░░░░ most significant domestic terrorism ░░░░░░░░ facing the bureau That ░░░░░░░░ the Black Lives Matter ░░░░░░░░ And yet when January ░░░░░░░░ happened the FBI really ░░░░░░░░ asleep at the switch ░░░░░░░░ it wasn t an ░░░░░░░░ failure It was a ░░░░░░░░ to act on the ░░░░░░░░ that they had and ░░░░░░░░ find that Chris Wray ░░░░░░░░ testimony was exactly what ░░░░░░░░ do not want from ░░░░░░░░ officials It lacked candor ░░░░░░░░ fulsomeness in saying what ░░░░░░░░ they knew and where ░░░░░░░░ failures were How do ░░░░░░░░ expect an institution to ░░░░░░░░ better and to make ░░░░░░░░ this doesn t happen ░░░░░░░░ if you don t ░░░░░░░░ leaders who are going ░░░░░░░░ be willing to acknowledge ░░░░░░░░ went wrong and to ░░░░░░░░ out how to fix ░░░░░░░░ I do think that ░░░░░░░░ is a huge problem ░░░░░░░░ Chris Wray is I ░░░░░░░░ really not showing the ░░░░░░░░ leadership and that means ░░░░░░░░ it really falls to ░░░░░░░░ Attorney General and the ░░░░░░░░ attorney general to hold ░░░░░░░░ to account for that ░░░░░░░░