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On Thursday, FBI Director Christopher Wray was grilled by Senator Josh Hawley regarding a trip he took while he was supposed to be at an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year.
"August 4 of this year, you were at the Senate Judiciary Committee. You remember that?" Hawley asked Wray, who responds affirmatively.
"So we had to cut that hearing short," Hawley continued. "We were supposed to do two rounds of questions. You said you had to be somewhere so we cut it short. Republicans were not able to ask a second round [of questions] as we had been informed we would be."
It was reported shortly thereafter in the press that the reason Wray had to leave was for a personal vacation, a fact that Hawley pounces on.
"you were flying on a Gulfstream jet for a personal vacation in the Adirondacks," Hawley states. "Please tell me that's not accurate?"
A defensive Wray responds with a different version of events.
"Senator, the hearing was not cut short from my experience, we had agreed beforehand on the time and length of it," he argues, before explaining that as Director of the FBI, he is obligated to take an FBI plane.
When asked point-blank by Hawley if he was going on vacation, Wray's response was "I was, yes."
Hawley goes on to describe the back-and-forth conversations that took place on that day. When Wray was asked about his cutting the hearing short by Sen. Chuck Grassley, who was very surprised to learn with such short notice of the Director's imminent departure from the hearing, he allegedly said he had a business trip in Iowa.
It was revealed shortly after that the Iowa trip wasn't until the following week, leaving Wray scrambling to respond.
"So you had to leave a hearing early because you're gonna see [Sen Grassley] later in Iowa, in a week," Hawley asked absurdly, to which Wray reiterated that the absence was previously agreed upon.
Hawley finishes up with a comment directed at Wray.
"You left an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, required by statute, so you could vacation with your family," Hawley stated. "I find that absolutely unbelievable and, frankly, indefensible."
"August 4 of this year, you were at the Senate Judiciary Committee. You remember that?" Hawley asked Wray, who responds affirmatively.
"So we had to cut that hearing short," Hawley continued. "We were supposed to do two rounds of questions. You said you had to be somewhere so we cut it short. Republicans were not able to ask a second round [of questions] as we had been informed we would be."
It was reported shortly thereafter in the press that the reason Wray had to leave was for a personal vacation, a fact that Hawley pounces on.
"you were flying on a Gulfstream jet for a personal vacation in the Adirondacks," Hawley states. "Please tell me that's not accurate?"
A defensive Wray responds with a different version of events.
"Senator, the hearing was not cut short from my experience, we had agreed beforehand on the time and length of it," he argues, before explaining that as Director of the FBI, he is obligated to take an FBI plane.
When asked point-blank by Hawley if he was going on vacation, Wray's response was "I was, yes."
Hawley goes on to describe the back-and-forth conversations that took place on that day. When Wray was asked about his cutting the hearing short by Sen. Chuck Grassley, who was very surprised to learn with such short notice of the Director's imminent departure from the hearing, he allegedly said he had a business trip in Iowa.
It was revealed shortly after that the Iowa trip wasn't until the following week, leaving Wray scrambling to respond.
"So you had to leave a hearing early because you're gonna see [Sen Grassley] later in Iowa, in a week," Hawley asked absurdly, to which Wray reiterated that the absence was previously agreed upon.
Hawley finishes up with a comment directed at Wray.
"You left an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, required by statute, so you could vacation with your family," Hawley stated. "I find that absolutely unbelievable and, frankly, indefensible."
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