PBS Mourns Wray ‘Allowed’ Trump ‘To Shatter Yet Another Norm’

NAWAZ David how does ░░░░░░░░ early in a 10 ░░░░░░░░ term to avoid the ░░░░░░░░ president firing you how ░░░░░░░░ that keep the bureau ░░░░░░░░ of the political fray ░░░░░░░░ Beats me Somebody said ░░░░░░░░ had Wray had no ░░░░░░░░ options and he happened ░░░░░░░░ choose the wrong one ░░░░░░░░ worst of all the ░░░░░░░░ And so people have ░░░░░░░░ hard over decades to ░░░░░░░░ the FBI reasonably nonpolitical ░░░░░░░░ that s important because ░░░░░░░░ FBI is this tremendously ░░░░░░░░ organization which is easily ░░░░░░░░ as we saw in ░░░░░░░░ era of J Edgar ░░░░░░░░ And so that we ░░░░░░░░ these 10 year terms ░░░░░░░░ the idea is that ░░░░░░░░ FBI director does not ░░░░░░░░ over with the president ░░░░░░░░ we are building safeguards ░░░░░░░░ depoliticize the agency And ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump wants to ░░░░░░░░ that then he should ░░░░░░░░ have to fire Wray ░░░░░░░░ we should have that ░░░░░░░░ And to basically open ░░░░░░░░ door to what Donald ░░░░░░░░ wants to do seems ░░░░░░░░ me not the right ░░░░░░░░ to keep our institutions ░░░░░░░░ NAWAZ Ruth as you ░░░░░░░░ saw veteran reporter Jim ░░░░░░░░ who writes a Substack ░░░░░░░░ journalism and democracy had ░░░░░░░░ to say He wrote ░░░░░░░░ Trump would have found ░░░░░░░░ way to fire Wray ░░░░░░░░ Wray should have made ░░░░░░░░ do so rather than ░░░░░░░░ himself He said Wray ░░░░░░░░ done great damage with ░░░░░░░░ decision and deserves to ░░░░░░░░ scorned In your column ░░░░░░░░ wrote this Protecting the ░░░░░░░░ and protecting the country ░░░░░░░░ be better achieved by ░░░░░░░░ up to Trump not ░░░░░░░░ him It seems like ░░░░░░░░ agree with what David ░░░░░░░░ saying MARCUS I 100 ░░░░░░░░ agree with David on ░░░░░░░░ one This is should ░░░░░░░░ and has been an ░░░░░░░░ job No one was ░░░░░░░░ except for one person ░░░░░░░░ was scorned by the ░░░░░░░░ Administration and then fired ░░░░░░░░ the Clinton administration after ░░░░░░░░ extensive finding of wrongdoing ░░░░░░░░ might now look minor ░░░░░░░░ comparison to some of ░░░░░░░░ things that we have ░░░░░░░░ until Donald Trump came ░░░░░░░░ Now he has done ░░░░░░░░ twice but he hasn ░░░░░░░░ had but Wray capitulated ░░░░░░░░ advance He obeyed in ░░░░░░░░ And he allowed Donald ░░░░░░░░ to shatter yet another ░░░░░░░░ without imposing any cost ░░░░░░░░ him And that s ░░░░░░░░ and apart from the ░░░░░░░░ of the person that ░░░░░░░░ Trump wants to replace ░░░░░░░░ with He could want ░░░░░░░░ replace him with Bob ░░░░░░░░ Bob Mueller back and ░░░░░░░░ think both of us ░░░░░░░░ have the same attitude ░░░░░░░░ is this is not ░░░░░░░░ ordinary political appointment and ░░░░░░░░ should not be transformed ░░░░░░░░ one But here we ░░░░░░░░