Former President Donald Trump accused FBI Director Christopher Wray of “lying to Congress” about his awareness of President Biden’s cognitive and physical decline and demanded that the Biden administration official “resign immediately.”
The Republican nominee for president directed his ire at Wray, 57, after he told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that he meets infrequently with the 81-year-old president and has not noticed any notable decline in Biden’s mental and physical fitness.
“I don’t meet with him very often, but what you’re describing is not something that I’ve observed during my interactions with him,” the FBI director said after being probed by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).
Wray further described his meeting with Biden as “uneventful and unremarkable.”
Trump, 78, charged that Wray, whom he hired for the top FBI spot in 2017, was “sweet talking” the committee.
“I watched the Congressional Hearing today as Christopher Wray was asked the question whether or not he noticed any Cognitive Degeneration in his many conversations with Crooked Joe Biden,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“[D]espite the fact that Special Counsel Robert Hur said, effectively, that Joe Biden is INCOMPETENT, with LITTLE MEMORY, etc., Wray said that ‘it is not something I observed during my interactions with him, which were uneventful and unremarkable,’ essentially stating that he found nothing wrong, mentally or physically, with ‘Joe,’” the former president continued.
“If that is the case, Director Wray should resign immediately from the FBI,” Trump demanded.
The former president argued that “anybody can see that Joe Biden is cognitively and physically challenged, and if you can’t see that, you sure as hell can’t be running the FBI.”
“Wray has to resign, and NOW, for LYING TO CONGRESS!” he added.
A number of Republicans, including Trump and Gaetz, have accused the Biden administration, including Vice President Kamala Harris, of engaging in a cover up to shield the president’s decline from the public.
Biden announced Sunday that he was ending his re-election bid amid mounting calls for him to drop out of the race over concerns that he was a shadow of his former self, both mentally and physically.
The president, however, has vowed to remain in office through the end of his term.
The Post has reached out to the FBI for comment.