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Eugene

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Thu Sep 28, 2017, 08:10 PM Sep 2017

FBI ceremony notable for its no-shows amid Russia probe

Source: Washington Post

FBI ceremony notable for its no-shows amid Russia probe

By Devlin Barrett September 28 at 6:36 PM

The ceremony installing Christopher A. Wray as FBI director went off without a hitch Thursday — and without the traditional presence of the president and Wray’s immediate predecessors.

Wray took over as director of the FBI in August, but Thursday in the courtyard of FBI headquarters, he was formally sworn in.

While a number of current and former law enforcement officials attended, the installation ceremony was most notable for its no-shows — which included President Trump and former directors James B. Comey and Robert S. Mueller III. The president would normally make remarks, and the director’s predecessors would be in the front row of the audience. That’s what happened at the last such event, held for Comey in 2013.

But under the current circumstances that would have made for an in­cred­ibly awkward public moment. The FBI is investigating the president’s interactions with Comey and others as part of the probe into whether Trump associates may have coordinated with agents of the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election.

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FBI ceremony notable for its no-shows amid Russia probe (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2017 OP
imagine that gopiscrap Sep 2017 #1
Just one big dysfunctional family. nolabear Sep 2017 #2
Well, the best thing is Wray did not have to look at Doreen Sep 2017 #3

Doreen

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3. Well, the best thing is Wray did not have to look at
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 09:58 PM
Sep 2017

trumps ugly hateful face and better yet not have to hear his voice.

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