Commentary

When I heard that FBI Director Christopher Wray was going to testify –“grilled” we were told – before the House Judiciary Committee, I had hoped we would finally get some answers on a host of inquiries Republicans have been seeking – Hunter-Biden, the unprecedented raid on Mar-a-Lago, citizen  surveillance, those censorship meetings with social media execs, discrimination against Catholics, threatening parents who question school boards, and Jan. 6.

I’ve been around the block before. I should have known better.  I should have known what to expect when I heard his opening statement in which he praised the 38,000 rank-and-file personnel who protect the country “each and every day.”

Citing examples of their successes, Wray complained that this work was overshadowed by “the one or two investigations that seem to capture all he headlines.”

In fact, I’m curious about at least a dozen investigations, a few of which I consider among the biggest scandals in FBI history.

Unfortunately, the committee questioning protocol, allows each member just five minutes to “grill” the director, alternating between Democrat and Republican members.  Of course, the left used its time to praise Wray and his agency, while Republicans sought answers concerning investigations.

Is it any wonder that trust in the FBI is much higher among Democrats.

Wray denied protecting the Biden’s and either didn’t have an answer to specific questions or indicated he couldn’t comment on an investigation in progress when questioned by Republicans.

With the many examples of agency bias against conservatives over the past years, Wray still had the gall to state “The idea that I’m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me.”

“The GOP will at some point have to do more than express outrage,” noted Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley A. Strassel.  Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has threatened to use the House’s power of the purse to stop the weaponization of the agency, and be looking closely at the FBI’s request for FISA reauthorization of the 702 program in its current form.

Last month, Newsweek revealed that a Federalist poll reflected that “63 percent of those surveyed wan the FBI to face some form of punishment,” stating further that it “can’t be trusted to do its job.”

But There’s More

At the conclusion of an 11-day probe into the find of cocaine in the White House West Wing, the Secret Service has closed the investigation without identifying a suspect, despite a fingerprint reportedly found on the packet

Katie Pavlitch at Townhall tweeted: “You better damn well believe that if the Biden admin wanted to figure out where that cocaine came from, the Secret Service of the United States in the White House could figure it out.”

Meanwhile, how about the investigation into the leak of the Roe v Wade decision draft in the Supreme Court?  We may never know.  After examining Court computers, networks, printers and available cell and text logs, investigators found no forensic evidence identifying the leaker.  The report faulted the Court for maintaining systems based on trust with few safeguards to limit access to sensitive information.

What does that say for a group of individuals, many of whom will one day become attorneys.

All of this, and I haven’t touched on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s weaponized Department of Justice with its two-tier justice system.

May God continue to bless the United States of America and help us survive the twisted justice system of the Biden administration between now and January 20, 2024.