'''Christopher Asher Wray''' (born December 17, 1966 (age {{age|1966|12|17}})) is the 8th Director of the [[FBI]] appointed to fill the position vacated by disgraced [[Obama]] appointee [[James Comey]] and Acting Director [[Andrew McCabe]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/07/trump-fbi-director-nominee-christopher-wray-239238</ref> McCabe later was fired for lying under oath to the FBI ("lack of candor" in FBI [[civil service system|civil service]] parlance), and Comey was granted immunity from [[prosecution]] by Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]]. Wray has been criticized for being more interested in trying to salvage the FBI's shattered reputation after the [[Obamagate]] domestic spying scandal than administering [[justice]]. According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' Wray pushed the [[racist]] "lab-leak theory".<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-york-times-covid-reporter-calls-discussion-of-lab-leak-theory-racist/ New York Times COVID Reporter Calls Discussion of Lab-Leak Theory ‘Racist’], Isaac Schorr, ''[[National Review]]'', May 26, 2021.</ref> | '''Christopher Asher Wray''' (born December 17, 1966 (age {{age|1966|12|17}})) is the 8th Director of the [[FBI]] appointed to fill the position vacated by disgraced [[Obama]] appointee [[James Comey]] and Acting Director [[Andrew McCabe]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/07/trump-fbi-director-nominee-christopher-wray-239238</ref> McCabe later was fired for lying under oath to the FBI ("lack of candor" in FBI [[civil service system|civil service]] parlance), and Comey was granted immunity from [[prosecution]] by Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]]. Wray has been criticized for being more interested in trying to salvage the FBI's shattered reputation after the [[Obamagate]] domestic spying scandal than administering [[justice]]. According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' Wray pushed the [[racist]] "lab-leak theory".<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-york-times-covid-reporter-calls-discussion-of-lab-leak-theory-racist/ New York Times COVID Reporter Calls Discussion of Lab-Leak Theory ‘Racist’], Isaac Schorr, ''[[National Review]]'', May 26, 2021.</ref> |