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<\/picture><\/a><\/p>\nWray’s decision comes weeks after Trump nominated Kash Patel as his replacement. Patel, a fierce critic of the FBI, has said he would seek to shrink the agency’s power, close its Washington headquarters, fire its top ranks, and prosecute corrupt agents.<\/p>\n
While Wray’s departure was always in the cards,\u00a0the move comes two days after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) wrote an 11-page letter to Wray asking him to step down<\/strong>, accusing him of mismanagement and “failure to take control of the FBI.”<\/p>\n “These failures are serious enough and their pattern widespread enough to have shattered my confidence in your leadership and the confidence and hope many others in Congress placed in you,” wrote Grassley.<\/p>\n As the\u00a0Epoch Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>notes further,\u00a0in November 2022, Grassley published FBI\u00a0documents<\/a>\u00a0showing that higher-ranking officials were sometimes penalized less severely than subordinates.<\/strong><\/p>\n Wray had addressed this disparity, saying in a Bureau-wide email on Dec. 11, 2020, that the agency \u201chas zero tolerance for any form of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n On March 4, 2022, FBI Deputy Director Abbate warned all FBI employees: \u201cRegardless of your rank and title, every one of us has the responsibility to treat everyone with dignity, respect, and professionalism. … Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n Grassley also mentioned in his letter his inquiry about the vetting of refugees from Afghanistan through the Operation Allies Welcome program. I<\/strong>n February 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that the Department of Homeland Security had not cross-checked these evacuees against data from the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n As a result, 50 individuals who had been flagged as \u201cpotentially significant security concerns\u201d by the National Ground Intelligence Center were allowed into the United States.<\/p>\n Requests to the FBI for further information were ignored, Grassley said.<\/p>\n Wray said \u201cin a classified multi-agency briefing to congressional staff\u201d that he was unsure of the location of other refugees who might pose a threat, Grassley wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t sit here right now and tell you that we know where all are located at any given time,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Grassley quoted Wray as saying.<\/p>\n He pointed out that one potential terror threat had been foiled when the FBI arrested Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi on Oct. 7 of this year. Tawhedi was allegedly planning a terror attack to disrupt the U.S. election on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n Grassley also accused Wray and the FBI of exercising a double standard by refusing to investigate President Joe Biden\u2019s or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton\u2019s mishandling of classified information.<\/p>\n President-elect Donald Trump appointed Wray in 2017 after firing the previous director, James Comey. In a recent interview with \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d Trump expressed displeasure over Wray\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n \u201cHe invaded my home,\u201d Trump said, referring to the 2022 FBI raid on his Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n Trump also cited Wray\u2019s initial claim that his ear was struck by shrapnel instead of an assassin\u2019s bullet, and waning public respect for the FBI as an institution.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t say I\u2019m thrilled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n