FBI Director Christopher Wray on Nov. 17 defended leaving a congressional hearing abruptly and using an FBI plane to go on vacation after telling a senator he had business to attend to.
Wray, a Trump appointee, confirmed under questioning by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) that he flew from an Aug. 4 Senate hearing to Saranac Lake in New York.
“You were going on vacation?” Hawley asked.
“I was, yes,” Wray said.
“So, you left a statutorily required oversight hearing in order to go on a personal vacation to the Adirondacks?” Hawley asked.
“I took a flight to go visit my family, as had been previously arranged in conjunction with leadership of the committee,” Wray said….