FBI chief: China is the biggest threat to Trump’s second administration

According to RCO News Agency, “Christopher Wray”, the head of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), stated in an interview that the reason for his early retirement is that after facing the harsh criticism of the US President-elect Donald Trump, he did not want the FBI to This is involved in controversies.

His interview was conducted with the CBS “60 Minutes” program, which was published in detail on Sunday evening.

Democrats and Republicans alike against the head of the FBI because of the investigations of this institution

The Axios News and analysis website reported by publishing this article: Trump chose Ray in 2017 for a 10-year term as the head of the FBI, but In recent years, Rai has criticized the US president-elect and his close associates for frequent issues with Trump and US President Joe Biden.

In this conversation, the head of the FBI stated that he was criticized by both Democrats and Republicans because of the investigation of this agency.

Describing the difficulties of his responsibility as the head of the FBI, he said: It is a difficult job. There is no avoiding angering different people and sometimes very powerful people. But part of the very nature of the law is to make sure that the facts, the law, and the correct evidence drive the investigation, not who is in power or who wants to be in power or not.

Describing his relationship with Trump as deteriorating after the FBI probed him and his team in 2020 for allegedly trying to change the outcome of the election, he said the job of someone investigating is “to follow events to see where they lead and it doesn’t matter.” Who likes that.”

The vote came under fire after a 2022 search of Trump’s Maralago mansion during an investigation into Trump’s retention of classified documents after his presidency ended. The investigation led to the filing of one of two cases against the president-elect in federal criminal court, which was later dismissed.

In the interview, Roy stated that the FBI was trying to follow the law in its investigation, and in his view, it did.

He also said he has had no interaction with the Biden administration about the investigation into the former president, and that, as far as he knows, no one else from the FBI has had contact with the White House about it.

The head of the FBI stated that during the seven and a half years that he has been the head of the FBI, he has come across people who usually claim to be independent and impartial, but when this ends in a result that they do not want, the situation is different.

China; America’s greatest long-term threat

In another part of this conversation, he stated that the Chinese government’s targeting of the US’s vital and civilian infrastructure is the biggest threat that the future Trump administration is facing.

This senior official of the American government, who is going to resign after the beginning of the presidency of Donald Trump, considered the Chinese government to be the “biggest long-term threat” against the United States due to its “role in large-scale and governmental cyber-attack programs.”

He stated that Beijing could use these programs as a tool to target medical facilities, power grids, natural gas pipelines and telecommunications systems and other equipment and facilities.

The FBI director said he believes Beijing has been wiretapping high-ranking US officials so far, but would not confirm who China was spying on.

In this regard, Rai emphasized that the “most challenging type of terrorist threat” facing America is the promotion of extremism in cyber space by extremist groups.

He also said about the terrorist attack that happened in the New Orleans state of America on New Year’s Day that the suspect was influenced by extremist activities in cyberspace and ISIS.

end of message