Republican 2024 presidential candidate Chris Christie defended his positive opinion of FBI Director Christopher Wray Sunday.
Fox News Sunday host Shannon Bream asked the former New Jersey governor directly what he thought of Wray, as most of his GOP opponents gunning for the presidential nomination have promised to fire Wray if they’re elected. Christie’s opponents take issue with the FBI’s treatment of whistleblowers.
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“Well look, all those problems happened under the Jim Comey era,” Christie said, referencing John Durham’s report. “And Christopher Wray has come in and fired every person that was in the Comey leadership team in the FBI. These whistleblowers have come out because the atmosphere has allowed it to happen now. Not during the Comey era.”
Christie would not commit to firing the FBI director, as others have promised.
“The fact is that these other folks in the race, they just are looking for a scapegoat,” Christie went on. “They want to blame anybody. I will tell them who to blame. Blame Joe Biden and Merrick Garland, who have not provided the type of leadership in the country or at the Justice Department that you need.”
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As the former governor of New Jersey, Christie is facing off against former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, political commentator Larry Elder, businessman Perry Johnson and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in the race to win the GOP presidential nomination.
Wray will appear at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.
