Richard Painter: FBI Director Wray Needs to Stand Up to Trump and His Allies

RUSH EXCERPT:

PAINTER: "Well, first, I want to emphasize I think Christopher WRAY is an excellent person to lead the FBI and he has impeccable credentials, but it’s a challenging job, particularly under this president, and Christopher WRAY has a job to do. He has to defend his agency, the FBI, against the unwarranted attacks from the president of the United States and from members of Congress. There is honestly no evidence of disarray at the FBI or corruption at the FBI that’s at all extraordinary and nothing like what the president of the United States and various members of Congress have alleged. And row Mccabe, the deputy director, is a man also of impeccable credentials. He’s done a very good job. The allegations against him are just flat-out lies so it is the job of the director of the FBI to stand up to the president when he has to and say, no, that is not right what you’re saying about Mr. Mccabe, it’s not right what you’re saying about my agency. He needs to defend his agency. If he doesn’t have the courage to do that, he’s going to have to stand down."