Donald Trump has escalated his ongoing feud with the FBI, taking aim at former Director Christopher Wray. This attack follows closely on the heels of the indictment of Wray’s predecessor, James Comey, creating a dramatic situation where Trump is now targeting two former FBI directors he pushed out.
The whole issue centers on the long-running “fedsurrection” conspiracy theory, which suggests that federal law enforcement secretly instigated the January 6 attack. This absurd narrative, which has been consistently promoted by some Republicans and right-wing outlets, tries to paint the rioters as victims who were entrapped by nefarious FBI personnel. However, the claims were decisively discredited late last year by a detailed four-year investigation from the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz.
