Talk:Christopher A. Wray

Let's try not to revert each other

Everyone is writing and citing, with new info coming out all the time. No need to threaten - the Bridgegate info is a whole section in the Heavy profile from a few days back.Legacypac (talk) 12:23, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Just make sure you cite controversial or negative material. Especially when trying to connect someone to a scandal. It's a requirement and is even on the talk page header.Citations must come before the negative material, not after.--v/r - TP 12:40, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

It was cited, just not at that sentence. Can someone source his birthplace? We've had too different places now. Legacypac (talk) 19:22, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

WP:BLP: "We must get the article right. Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be supported by an inline citation to a reliable, published source."--v/r - TP 21:20, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Wording

Wray is not being nominated "in place of" James Comey, he is being nominated as his replacement. In place of implies that James Comey is also in the running. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:C68C:A300:2D42:19DF:3B95:1951 (talk) 15:07, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Agree that this wording is better, and I went ahead and made the change. Marquardtika (talk) 15:11, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Wray's detail birth date

About Wray's birthday, although the cited DOJ site says it is 1967, but there's a congress hearing document (https://www.congress.gov/108/chrg/shrg92548/CHRG-108shrg92548.pdf, PAge 861) has clear info that he was born on Dec. 17, 1966 in New York. Please consider this update. Songc2017 (talk) 15:02, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. - FlightTime (open channel) 15:11, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

 Done Because it was really dumb to throw this by the wayside because FlightTime was the first to get to it and saw that no one else had commented. Wray's sworn testimony is a much more accurate source for his own date of birth that the DOJ. Changes made.--v/r - TP 15:17, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 June 2017

change 'bcoming' to 'becoming' Amon-san (talk) 15:13, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Done (it was my own error), thanks! Marquardtika (talk) 15:17, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Typo error

becoming is bcoming in the text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Szabriski (talk • contribs) 15:16, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Party

Some added he is republican with no ref. I understand these types of positions are non-partisan. Several times Comey has been praised on CNN for being someone you can't tell which party he supports. Therefore I'd expect this subject should be similarly non-partisan given their Justice Dept record. Legacypac (talk) 05:37, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

If there is a primary ref with him identifying as a particular party, it could/should be added. But, I wouldn't judge Wray based on previous FBI directors.--v/r - TP 13:55, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

FBI Director has never been a partisan position before. If Wray is partisan that deserves it's own section in the article. Legacypac (talk) 17:34, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Legacypac - Political Party identification in the infobox often happens for directors of the FBI -- see J. Edgar Hoover (Republican), Clarence M. Kelley (Republican), William S. Sessions (Republican), Louis Freeh (none shown), Robert Mueller (Republican), and James Comey (Independent). Also, historically the FBI is right-wing and not apolitical, although the Hatch Act is supposed to keep them away from elections, and details of ongoing investigations are not shared -- up until the recent U.S. election, which seems to have taken both to be required rather than prohibited. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 18:59, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Really the only relevant consideration here is WP:V-do we have any sources saying anything about whether he belongs to a political party, and if so, which one? We need an WP:RS to verify that for us so there is no guess-work. Marquardtika (talk) 19:46, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

References

FBI Director nominee removed reference to case involving Russian government from law firm bio

Suggestions as to where this should fit into the article?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/politics/kfile-fbi-nominee-law-firm-bio/index.html

--Wikipietime (talk) 00:40, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Still looking for feedback for inclusion before taking the initiative.Wikipietime (talk) 15:09, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

What specific content are you proposing that we include? Marquardtika (talk) 15:37, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

• Do not include - not the normal interest of a WP:BLP or something of note in the press, seems really just a vague bit about 2006 history him opposing the Russian government rather than much actual facts. You'd do the article more benefit by finding more of his career history for the infobox, or family and such. Markbassett (talk) 01:01, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Chris Christie relationship

A lot of newsworthy events regarding Chris Christie and Wray's relationship. Thinking a section dealing with prominent associations would be in order.

"Christie and Wray have a long relationship. When Wray was head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, he worked with Christie, who was U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, on an investigation into an accounting scandal at drug-maker Bristol-Myers Squibb. The company agreed in 2005 to pay $300 million as part of a deferred prosecution agreement."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/19/fbi-diretcor-nominee-christopher-wray-chris-christie/407895001/

and the transcript of hearing https://www.c-span.org/video/?430949-1/christopher-wray-pledges-strict-independence-fbi-helm&start=16102

On the cspan, 4:28 mark, a single question regarding Christie.

Further cite for relevant info for article inclusion;

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/christopher-wray-fbi-director-chris-christie-trump-20170607.html

Critical Views, Russians, Christie

"Wray has at least an indirect connection to Rosneft, one of Russia’s state-controlled oil companies, whose murky relationship to Trump interests remained to be exposed to public view. Rosneft is a King & Spalding client (although the law firm deleted the page from its website). And Rosneft has a pending multi-billion-dollar oil deal with Exxon, whose former CEO Rex Tillerson is now Trump’s secretary of state. So here’s a pending deal from which Trump, Tillerson, Wray, and others stand to benefit directly. The Russian-Trump electoral collusion trail may well be littered with Russian oil money.

Wray has the same indirect connection to Gazprom, another Russian state-owned oil company and client of King & Spalding (page deleted from website). Gazprom was part of the case Wray handled for the American executive caught in a Russian investigation (that Wray later deleted from his bio). Gazprom’s relationship to Wray and Trump is murkier than Rosneft’s, but includes connections to Carter Page, Paul Manafort, Richard Burt, a Gazprom-owned pipeline bypassing Ukraine, and possible lifting of sanctions on Russia."

'When New Jersey governor Chris Christie was accused of deliberately closing the George Washington Bridge as an act of political revenge, he was still a Republican presidential hopeful. To survive the scandal that came to be known as Bridgegate, Christie needed serious help, so he hired Christopher Wray as his personal defense attorney (at $340 an hour), costing New Jersey taxpayers more than $2 million. Although two of Christie’s aides were convicted, Christie was not even indicted and avoided having to testify at their trial. During Bridgegate, Christie’s cell phone disappeared, despite efforts of legislators and other investigators to examine it for evidence of Christie’s involvement. When the cell phone did turn up, Christopher Wray had it, for unexplained reasons. When Christie’s aides subpoenaed the cell phone for their defense, a federal judge ruled that Wray did not have to give it up. According to legal opinion, Wray’s apparent withholding of evidence is considered nothing more than zealous representation of his client."

from http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/fbi-nominee-christopher-wray-sure-looks-dirty?akid=15886.1930788.qLCnS7&rd=1&src=newsletter1079926&t=35

the source may not be acceptable but the facts are verifiable and do seem to be most relevant for a complete BLP. --Wikipietime (talk) 12:26, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Kinda weird why people would go through the trouble of removing parts of one's career history when they were chosen as the new FBI Director.Falloutghoul (talk) 15:57, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Why doesn't this article mention Rosneft or Gazprom, or, indeed, any of the above? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 15:04, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

No public proof he's a Republican -- pls remove it

As stated above, please remove this or get a credible reference to a public evidence about his party registration. And he was based on past contributions, no public evidence has emerged he still is. Remove it, please. Archway (talk) 10:44, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Scroll down to the Personal Life section and click on the cited reference, and you will see public evidence that he is a Republican. Here's the link if you need: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/06/a_white-collar_atlanta_lawyer_and_former_doj_offic.html Earthscent (talk) 12:34, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

a pieve from the day he was nominated is not an evidence! And especially not for NOW. Pls remove it. Archway (talk) 20:19, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

No. A reliable source says he's a Republican. What you consider evidence is not important. Additionally, it's rude to type in all capitals or use weird abbreviations like "Pls" or nonsense words like "pieve." Earthscent (talk) 20:26, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Changing dates from one format to another

While Wikipedia editors are most welcome to change the date formats from 14 September 2017 back to September 14, 2017, it truly is an exercise in futility, and do you not have better things to do with your time? Furthermore, if you are going to change them, then be sure to change *ALL* of them to be consistent.74.94.188.109 (talk) 12:34, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

 Done The date format is now mdy. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 12:50, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Btw, a while ago now, I agreed with another Wikipedia editor to standardize on the International Date Format of dmy, and have been using that format ever since that time. Apparently there is a faction within Wikipedia to revert all attempts to standardize on this format and go back to the American Date Format without any discussion whatsoever. Are you going to revert attempts to change Fahrenheit to Celsius, and miles to kilometers, or will it only be the Date Format? Just wondering. In any case, you have missed a few very important articles, and wish to point this out to you. They are: NATO and Jens Stoltenberg, to name only two articles at this time.74.94.188.109 (talk) 12:38, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Wray's uncertain future, add?

Trump signaled uncertainty over the future of FBI Director Christopher Wray a day after the Justice Department decided to drop criminal charges against Michael Flynn. Speaking to Fox News, Trump said “the jury’s still out” on Wray and the bureau’s handling of the Flynn investigation. “It’s disappointing,” Trump said when asked about Wray’s role. “Let’s see what happens with him.” Trump also praised Attorney General William Barr for nullifying the case by Mueller, in which Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in 2017 about his contacts with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the 2016 presidential transition.[1][2][3]

X1\ (talk) 07:16, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, well written and sourced, but too speculative to include now. Trump muses about firing people all the time. Sometimes he does it, sometimes he does but months later, sometimes he doesn't at all. -- MelanieN (talk) 19:40, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Agree with Melanie. This can be useful context to add if he fires Wray. If he doesn't, it's just wind. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:49, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

James Comey and Bill Priestap

They were discussing how the FBI could better integrate on DOJ with Squawk Box the other day, and it had something to do with Comey and Priestap. Am I the only one here that watches Business News Broadcasts? Sucker for All (talk) 23:37, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

$200.00

Forget this stupid crap because it makes no sense 68.134.145.150 (talk) 01:20, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

I think that your message was very cool, and i hope that you keep on working so hard...

(btw, im joking) 91.195.224.173 (talk) 09:54, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Modify opening sentence

Opening sentence = "Christopher Asher Wray (born December 17, 1966)[2] is an American attorney who is the 8th and current Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 2017." There have not been 8 FBI directors since 2017! (AltheaCase (talk) 15:07, 19 June 2022 (UTC))

I agree that it's poorly written and I'll fix it. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:59, 19 June 2022 (UTC)