FBI insiders on Monday reacted with a collective bewilderment after the office of Trump attorney Michael Cohen was raided.
While not minimizing potential problems for Cohen in what appears to be a bank fraud case and possibly election related, FBI veterans reacted with a general disappointment toward FBI Director Christopher Wray’s leadership.
“Wray was supposed to break up the nonsense in New York or at least he was expected to try,” one FBI insider said. “Looks like business as usual.”
One longtime veteran said the FBI’s action on Monday will only harm the Bureau’s embattled reputation further.
“America is looking at this and wondering how the Justice Department can hassle anyone in New York without first looking at the Clinton Foundation,” the insider said. “That is certainly a legitimate concern. This makes the FBI look worse today.”
Why hasn’t the FBI raided the Clinton Foundation’s New York City offices?
Has Cohen illegally usurped and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars like the Clinton Foundation? Perhaps even billions.
Hardly.
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