FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection

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FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection​


The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building headquarters is seen in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **
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By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times - Thursday, November 7, 2024

The brass on the seventh floor at FBI headquarters in Washington have been in a daze and wary of a housecleaning since Donald Trump was reelected president on Tuesday, inside sources say.


The Washington Times learned through several anonymous bureau sources that senior agency executives were “stunned” and “shell-shocked” by Mr. Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.




“You know the fit test? How they let the standards slack on the fit test?” said the first FBI source, referring to the agency’s physical fitness requirements. “Everyone’s going to have a real problem when they’re running for the door.”
 

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and Deputy Director Paul Abbate have little chance of remaining at the bureau by the time Mr. Trump is inaugurated, sources say.


FBI employees recall Mr. Trump firing Director James B. Comey five months after taking the oath of office in 2017.




“It’s a countdown for Wray because [people here] don’t think he will stay to get fired after what Trump did to Comey,” the first source said. “Trump will say, ‘Yeah, fire his a—. Don’t let him take the plane home.’”


Mr. Comey learned about his termination while flying to California on the bureau’s airplane.
 
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