President Trump really wanted to fire FBI Director Christopher Wray and came very close to doing so one day in April of 2020. Here’s the real reason why he ultimately chose not to fire him:
DAILY MAIL – The day Trump got the closest to axing Wray, Barr arrived at the White House for a meeting with Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and was put in the Roosevelt Room.
Barr found it odd, as the room was empty when he entered.
He was then joined by John McEntee, head of the presidential personnel office – who had been tasked to ensure those in government were Trump loyalists – as well as Evanina, Politico said.
‘What’s this all about?’ Barr asked McEntee, according to a source. McEntee didn’t give Barr a direct answer and checked his phone, waiting for others to arrive.
At that point a fuming Barr left the Roosevelt Room and headed to Meadows’ West Wing office instead.
‘What the f*** is going on?’ Barr asked Trump’s chief of staff.
Meadows replied to the attorney general that he didn’t know they were going to put him in the Roosevelt Room and told him not to worry about it, Politico said.
Later in the day, however, in a meeting with Meadows and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, Barr demanded to know what was happening.
The attorney general then learned of Trump’s plans to replace Wray with Evanina and Patel.
At that, Barr told Meadows and Cipollone he would have to quit if the plan was enacted.
Politico also noted that Cipollone agreed with Barr, only having learned of the scheme earlier that day.
With that, the White House ultimately kept Wray in place, where he remains today.
AG Barr had threatened to quit if Wray had been fired. That’s the only reason why Wray is still there to this day. I had honestly thought it was the election that kept Wray in his job.
