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FBI Director Chris Wray blasts deadly Capitol riot as ‘domestic terrorism’ as he testifies for first time
FBI Director Chris Wray has blasted the deadly Capitol riot as “domestic terrorism” as he testifies for the first time.
The director was speaking during a Senate hearing on Tuesday morning.
“We view the events of January 6 as domestic terrorism,” Wray said. “It’s got no place in our democracy, and tolerating it would make a mockery of our country’s rule of law.”
Wray is testifying for the first time since the deadly riot at the Capitol, with lawmakers likely to press him on whether the bureau adequately communicated with other law enforcement agencies about the potential for violence that day.
Questions about the FBI’s preparations for the riot, and investigations into it, are expected to dominate Wray’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He’s also likely to be pressed on how the FBI is confronting the national security threat from white nationalists and domestic violent extremists and whether the bureau has adequate resources to address the problem.
The violence at the Capitol made clear that a law enforcement agency that revolutionized itself after the 9/11 attacks to deal with international terrorism is now scrambling to address homegrown violence from white Americans.
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President Joe Biden’s administration has tasked his national intelligence director to work with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to assess the threat.
Wray has kept a notably low profile since a violent mob of insurrectionists stormed the Capitol two months ago.
Though he has briefed lawmakers privately and shared information with local law enforcement hearings, today’s hearing marks Wray’s first public appearance before Congress since before November’s presidential election.
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