Jul 24, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Trump calls on FBI head to resign for comment on Biden's competency

Sareen Habeshian

FBI Director Christopher Wray appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2024. The gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a campaign rally searched online for details about the November 1963 shooting of US president John F. Kennedy in the — FBI Director Christopher Wray appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on July 24. Photo: Chris Kleponis/AFP via Getty Images

Former President Trump on Wednesday called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign for allegedly lying to Congress about President Biden's mental competency.

The big picture: The Trump appointee, whose term is set to run into 2027, has previously come under heavy criticism from the former president and his allies.

Context: Wray spoke before the House Judiciary Committee earlier Wednesday about the assassination attempt against Trump.

During that hearing, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) asked Wray when he began to notice "cognitive decline" in Biden.
Wray said he doesn't meet with the president often, "but what you're describing is not something that I've observed during my interactions."

What he's saying: Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that Wray's response indicates he "found nothing wrong, mentally or physically, with 'Joe.'"

"If that is the case, Director Wray should resign immediately from the FBI, and stop 'sweet talking' Congress every time he goes up, which he loves to do, because anybody can see that Joe Biden is cognitively and physically challenged, and if you can't see that, you sure as hell can't be running the FBI," Trump said.

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