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Christopher Wray just did exactly what FBI directors are not supposed to do (www.msnbc.com)

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FBI Director Christopher Wray announced he will resign three years early, a move widely seen as bowing to political pressure from Trump.

Critics argue Wray’s resignation undermines the FBI’s independence and normalizes Trump’s governance style, allowing him to replace Wray with a loyalist who may prioritize Trump’s interests over the rule of law.

Wray’s decision avoids the potential political fallout of being fired but forfeits a chance to publicly challenge Trump’s grievances against the FBI, raising concerns about the erosion of institutional integrity.

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[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 110 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wray is a registered Republican that worked under Bush and was appointed by Trump. What did people think he was going to do?

His daily dose of Fox News isn’t telling him to stay.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago

To Wray's credit, he testified that right-wing extremists were the #1 domestic terrorist threat.

If he was a Trump yes man, they would've just had him stay in. In reality, it's probably closer to him just preserving his job prospects in the private sector and a bit of cowardice not dissimilar to Mueller and Comey.

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 2 weeks ago

But then he obeyed the incoming fascist in advance soooo....a wash?

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

No I wouldn't say a wash, personally. If you knew you were going to be under the purview of a Trump DOJ AG and they'd make your life a living hell, sure some might be able to resist for a little but you wouldn't actually be able to do much. Trump can fire him anyway.

[-] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 64 points 2 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure this is all about his pension. If he retires now, before Trump takes office, there isn't much that can be done to take his pension away from him. If he stays on and Trump fires him for cause, he will likely get nothing for retirement.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 weeks ago

Glad he gets some money in exchange for what will likely result in the loss of lives of many and freedom for everyone.

Good guy.

[+] Zatore@lemm.ee -13 points 2 weeks ago

Those lives won't be on his hands

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 2 weeks ago

There aren’t good men in the FBI or any other enforcement institution to begin with.

[-] shasta@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago

Good thing he's not the only good man in the country.

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's true, but even if he sat in his seat and did nothing it'd still be better handing it to a Trump loyalist. Squatting in that seat he can do more than 1,000,000 people writing scathing tweets.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Most of the good ones will be afraid of doing anything 'bad'. Many of the (even remotely) good ones in a position to do good are outing themselves as only willing to do good for themselves.

The good ones that will or would do something are probably already on a list compiled by the tech bros.

Obi-wan, you're our only hope.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago

I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White citizens’ “Councilor” or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action” who paternistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

An excerpt from a Letter from Birmingham Jail

Dr. Martin Luther King jr April 16, 1963

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 0 points 2 weeks ago

Evil triumphs when good people do nothing

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

James Comey would still be eligible for the Federal Employees Retirement System as a federal employee, despite being fired from his FBI director position - so Wray would be too

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 weeks ago

Leaving the place open for a Trump appointee that will stay there for 10 years

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago

If he was retiring in 3 years anyway, the replacement would've still been a trump appointee.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

If Trump makes it until then, he's clearly demented and in bad general shape.

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

And if you want to be that guy, Wray is technically a Trump appointee

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Why technically? Thats exactly what he is and he's been a pretty shitty too

[-] 4grams@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago

The institutions are collapsing faster and faster each day. This is going to be an absolute shitshow.

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

I wish we didn't have a housing crisis in Canada or id be more open to getting Americans out of there to live somewhere safer at the moment. I'm truly scared for you guys down there and I don't know what I can do to help.

[-] espentan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Americans know how to build, you have room.. invite them up, provide supplies, build a few new cities.

And yes, I realize it's a bit more complicated than that.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's illegal to build new houses, you'd hurt the property value of existing home owners if you built more housing.

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

HOW DARE YOU ATTEMPT TO LOWER MY RENT!!!

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

yes this would be nice to do, except the red tape and the backlog of housing we have.

[-] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Investigate treason?

[-] Lennny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

He's top cop, that means he's gotta be home to beat his wife in time.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Top bootlicker is still a coward.

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