FBI Director Christopher Wray (left) and Attorney General Merrick Garland (Washington Examiner)
If Joe Biden is reelected president, sometime during his second term, when the timing is most appropriate, Attorney General Merrick Garland needs to tender his resignation.
When FBI Director Christopher Wray’s 10-year-term ends in 2027, he shouldn’t be reappointed. If he wants to leave before that time nobody should try to stop him.
This isn’t to say these two men are incompetent or corrupt. There’s no evidence of either being the case. But their excess caution, timidity, and, in some ways, gutlessness, all of which clouded their decision-making process in maybe the most important criminal case in this country’s history, shouldn’t be rewarded with continued employment.
I’ve formed this opinion after reading a terrific investigative piece in the Washington Post titled, “FBI resisted opening probe into Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for more than a year.” This hesitation was fueled by concern about appearing partisan, institutional caution, and clashes over how much evidence was sufficient to investigate Trump and his cronies, the Post reported.
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