During a Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu, of California, pushed back on GOP lawmakers for repeatedly attacked FBI Director Christopher Wray as biased against conservatives for investigating Donald Trump’s criminal actions.
Republicans have claimed that the Justice Department is targeting Donald Trump. Wray called that “insane” given his background as a Republican who was appointed to his position by Trump and had previously served in the administration of President George W. Bush.
Lieu wasted no time to remind them why the former president and those closest to him are now in legal hot water.
He began by posing a series of pointed questions naming figures close to Trump who have faced charges ― including longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone, donor Elliott Broidy, personal attorney Michael Cohen and campaign manager Paul Manafort, and were all convicted under Trump-appointed attorneys general.
He then reminded Republicans why the former president and those closest to him are now in legal hot water.
“It is not the fault of the FBI that Donald Trump surrounded himself with criminals,” Lieu concluded. “Donald Trump brought that upon himself. Thank you to the FBI for exposing the cesspool of corruption of these Trump associates.”
See the full exchange below:
"It is not the fault of the FBI that Donald Trump surrounded himself with criminals" — brilliant line of questioning here from Ted Lieu highlighting how a range of Trump staffers were convicted by a DOJ overseen *by Trump staffers* pic.twitter.com/Y2hP4hoGzH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2023