McClintock: What terrorist groups have now infiltrated our country that you're tracking?
Director Wray: I don't know that I would say infiltrated; we have investigations as we speak that relate to ISIS and it's affiliates. We have investigations as we speak that relate to Al-Qaeda. We have investigations as we speak that relate to Al-Shabaab. We have investigations as we speak that relate to the Iranian proxies, Hezbollah, even the IRGC Quds Force itself.
Director Wray: We've had indictments related to China, thirty-four Chinese MPS officers creating fictitious personals, posting false information online, full of narratives designed to sow decisiveness, discord, undermine us, and I'm talking about narratives that they were pushing, purporting to be Americans, but actually Chinese MPS officers, for example, trashing any suggestion that COVID came from a lab leak, or trashing US law enforcement on the anniversary of George Floyd's death.
Massie: Were there gallows erected to hang Mike Pence, as [Biden] says here [video talking about January 6th]?
Director Wray: I'm not aware of any physical gallows…there may have been some replica, or symbol of something like that.
Massie: It looks like it was some kind of prop that was built. The construction doesn't look like it lends itseft to actually hanging somebody, it's more of a prop, I think, as you suggested.
Jayapal: They want an FBI subordinate to the president, not accountable to the American people. That is one part of a larger pan to undermine our democracy, to remove the checks and balances that have protected us, and ultimately to subvert our freedoms. That agenda, promulgated by the former president, his loyalists and their MAGA allies, is called Project 2025…it includes plans to undermine every part of our government, including the FBI.
[they are terrified of Agenda 47, so they push the fraudulent 'Project 2025']
Director Wray: I am increasingly concerned that foreign terrorists could seek to exploit vulnerabilities at our southwest border, or at other Ports of Entry, or at other aspects of our immigration system, to facilitate an attack here in the United States.
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Tiffany: Is support for President Trump a security concern within the FBI?
Director Wray: No.
Tiffany: Is objection to the COVID-19 vaccine a security threat?
Director Wray: Not from my perspective.
Tiffany: Who improved, what is termed the 'Trump Questionnaire', within the FBI, that was done by SIIS? Dina Perkins, Jeffery Veltri were behind it; who was responsible for that, and did you know that there was a 'Trump Questionnaire' out there?
Director Wray: The document you're asking about is an interview outline that we only recently learned about, and in my view is completely inappropriate. I asked my team to get to the bottom of what happened, and ensure that it doesn't happen again, and I've learned that it's not an FBI form, it's use was isolated, that it was created, not by an FBI employee, but by an outside contractor, and that individual is no longer affiliated with the FBI.
Roy: Is it true that in December of 2016, former Director Comey lowered the passing standards for Phase 1, allowing an influx of previously unqualified applicants to continue in the hiring process who normally would have been stopped? Were standards changed? Phase 1? This is a specific part of the process. Were they changed in 2016?
Director Wray: I don't recall if they were changed in 2016, I started after that…since that time, we have made changes to various phases of the process, but none of them lowered the standards.
Roy: Are you familiar with the reporting that we have..to more, "easily accommodate a larger pool of available applicants, the FBI Special Agent hiring standards have been relaxed and requirements measurably lowered", this according to a group of former agents who have testified about this, and written a report and submitted it to congress?
Director Wray: I am aware of the report, I don't know that I have read every detail of it…the claim that we have lowered our standards to be less selective and less competitive, is not accurate.
Roy: Do you believe these former agents are lying to congress when the submit a report to congress…are you saying that they are lying?
Director Wray: I am saying they are mistaken.
Spartz: Are we going to be confiscating hunting rifles and weapons from millions of Americans? Do you think it's even feasible to do something like that from law-abiding citizens?
Director Wray: It's not something I'm advocating.
Spartz: Confidential human sources. Did you have them on January 6th in the Capital?
Director Wray: Again, I'm neer going to be getting into when and where we have, or have not, or have not, used confidential human sources.
Director Wray: If you are asking if the violence at the Capital on January 6th was part of some operation, orchestrated by FBI sources or agents, the answer is no.
McBath: There are two hundred and six of us that are already standing in the wings, ready to take immediate action to ban assault weapons today. We need only twelve more of our colleagues to join us, in courage, and move the legislation to save lives of so many of the people that we are elected to serve, by removing assault weapons from the hands of people who simply should not have them in their possession.