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Trump accuses Wray of lying about agency actions on January 6, days after Comey indicted

Source: CNN Politics

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2025, 4:43 PM ET

President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former FBI Director Christopher Wray of lying about FBI agents’ presence during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, days after his administration brought charges against Wray’s predecessor, James Comey.

Trump claimed, without evidence, that the FBI “secretly placed” agents into the crowds to act as “agitators and insurrections,” rather than law enforcement officials, in what he called “the January 6 hoax.”

“This is different from what Director Christopher Wray stated, over and over again! That’s right, as it now turns out, FBI Agents were at, and in, the January 6th Protest, probably acting as Agitators and Insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘Law Enforcement Officials,’” Trump said on Truth Social. CNN has reached out to Wray for comment.

As CNN previously reported, no undercover FBI agents were at the Capitol during the January 6 riot, according to a Justice Department watchdog. However, the DOJ inspector general said that 26 paid FBI informants were in Washington, DC, that day.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/politics/trump-accuses-wray-lying

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Trump accuses Wray of lying about agency actions on January 6, days after Comey indicted (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sunday OP

Everything Trump touches dies...or gets indicted? nt SunSeeker Sunday #1

Trump is slipping more and more into a psychotic dementia. Irish_Dem Sunday #2

I just hope he doesn't order the military to bomb blue states into submission kimbutgar Sunday #3

Wray'lies' don't know, but, we do know trump lies a lot. republianmushroom Sunday #4

Has ShitsHisPants ever heard of Discovery? WVreaper Sunday #5

Everyone is a liar except for Trump PatSeg Sunday #6

MaddowBlog-It's not just Comey: Trump eyes case against Chris Wray, the other FBI director he ousted LetMyPeopleVote Monday #7

SunSeeker

(56,800 posts)

1. Everything Trump touches dies...or gets indicted? nt

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Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:59 AM

Sunday

Irish_Dem

(75,575 posts)

2. Trump is slipping more and more into a psychotic dementia.

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Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:09 AM

Sunday

kimbutgar

(26,150 posts)

3. I just hope he doesn't order the military to bomb blue states into submission

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Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:17 PM

Sunday

The guy is friggin crazy !

republianmushroom

(21,494 posts)

4. Wray'lies' don't know, but, we do know trump lies a lot.

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Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:59 PM

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Trying to white wash the insurrection ? Change a little history ?

WVreaper

(669 posts)

5. Has ShitsHisPants ever heard of Discovery?

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Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:55 PM

Sunday

Can't wait for the trail!

PatSeg

(51,029 posts)

6. Everyone is a liar except for Trump

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Sun Sep 28, 2025, 02:24 PM

Sunday

AND those who agree with him all the time.

LetMyPeopleVote

(170,428 posts)

7. MaddowBlog-It's not just Comey: Trump eyes case against Chris Wray, the other FBI director he ousted

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:54 PM

Monday

After targeting one former FBI director he forced out, Trump raised the prospect of an investigation into a different former FBI director he forced out.

On Thursday, Trump orchestrated a criminal indictment against one former FBI director he unjustly forced out (James Comey).

A couple of days later, he raised the prospect of a DOJ investigation into *another* former FBI director he unjustly forced out (Chris Wray). www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-29T12:01:55.259Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/s-not-just-comey-trump-eyes-case-chris-wray-fbi-director-ousted-rcna234393

But Trump’s online harangue about this nonsense went further than just the usual misinformation. From the president’s missive published to his social media platform:

It was just revealed that the FBI had secretly placed, against all Rules, Regulations, Protocols, and Standards, 274 FBI Agents into the Crowd just prior to, and during, the January 6th Hoax. This is different from what Director Christopher Wray stated, over and over again! That’s right, as it now turns out, FBI Agents were at, and in, the January 6th Protest, probably acting as Agitators and Insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘Law Enforcement Officials.’ ... Christopher Wray, the then Director of the FBI, has some major explaining to do. That’s two in a row, Comey and Wray, who got caught LYING, with our Great Country at stake. WE CAN NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN TO AMERICA AGAIN!

Again, the details Trump presented as fact are, in reality, entirely fictional. But pay particular attention to the fact that the president specifically took aim at Wray — the former FBI director he appointed, before ultimately pushing him out without cause — explicitly (and falsely) arguing that Wray lied about what happened on Jan. 6.

A day later, Trump told NBC News that he believes Wray engaged in “inappropriate” behavior during his tenure at the bureau and said he “would think” the Justice Department is investigating him.

“I would imagine. I would certainly imagine. I would think they are doing that,” Trump said when he was asked whether the Justice Department should investigate Wray.

In other words, the president on Thursday successfully orchestrated a criminal indictment against one former FBI director he forced out (James Comey), and a couple of days later, the same president raised the prospect of a Justice Department investigation into a different former FBI director he forced out (Chris Wray).

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