Wray's flight from Congress

 Washington Examiner:

House Republicans want answers on FBI Director Christopher Wray’s use of Justice Department jets for personal use following reports that he left a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to fly to upstate New York.

The flight in question occurred on Aug. 4, the day before FBI investigators sought and received approval for a raid of former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the top Republican on House Oversight, and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), sought answers from Wray on Monday.

“We write to conduct oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s use of government aircraft and compliance with the applicable federal regulations and requirements,” the House GOP leaders said. “In light of a recent report by the New York Post that you left a Senate hearing early to fly on an FBI aircraft for a personal vacation, we have questions about whether you are properly reimbursing federal taxpayers for your personal travel aboard government aircraft.”

The New York Post reported that, after the August Senate hearing, “the FBI Gulfstream Wray uses was recorded on Flightradar24 making the one hour and 12 minute flight later that afternoon to bucolic Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks.” The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported in 2017 that Wray “spent the summers of his youth at his family’s camp in the Adirondacks,” and his father said Wray still vacationed there.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed frustration with Wray leaving the early August hearing before Republicans had gotten to do a second round of questions.

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I think he also needs to be questioned about the raid on Mar-a-Lago.  The timing of his getaway looks suspicious.  The FBI has been engaged in several questionable events recently and it is understandable why some in Congress want answers.

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