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Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer said Wednesday he was underwhelmed by House Republicans’ questioning of FBI director Christopher Wray, suggesting that they “dropped the ball” during a six-hour hearing filled with conspiracy theories and contentious back-and-forth exchanges.
Members of the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee have mounted a crusade in recent months to discredit Wray and the bureau over allegations of political bias.
Wray, a lifelong Republican appointed to lead the FBI in 2017 by President Donald Trump, said during the hearing that such personal attacks seem “somewhat insane” to him. At various points he also vehemently pushed back on suggestions that the FBI incited the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and covered up the COVID-19 lab leak theory, calling the allegations “ludicrous,” “ironic,” and “absurd.”