I cut FBI Director Christopher Wray a fair amount of slack on Wednesday because the majority of his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee appeared to be refreshingly forthright. That was, of course, the testimony that had to do with the FBI’s investigation and findings — so far — regarding the July 13th assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. There’s no way to know for certain what made Wednesday’s appearance different from so many before it, but as I’ve alluded to previously, my working theory is that the FBI doesn’t have an actual dog in this fight. The massive security failures at play here aren’t on them and there’s largely bipartisan interest in Congress at getting to the bottom of what went wrong here, so the FBI is incentivized to play ball. On that subject.
Revelations: What Did We Learn About the Assassination Attempt
