FBI/JAMES COMEY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher Wray vowed Wednesday [7-12-17] to remain independent of any pressure if he’s confirmed to lead the FBI — pledging to adhere to the ‘Constitution and the rule of law’ as head of the bureau, ‘no matter the test.’
Wray also testified that he did not have any conversations with anyone in the White House about the firing of his predecessor, James Comey. And he pledged he would ‘absolutely’ report any attempts to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, ‘assuming that I can do it legally and appropriately.’
‘I would consider an effort to tamper with Director Mueller’s investigation to be unacceptable and inappropriate and would need to be dealt with very sternly and appropriately indeed,’ Wray told senators during his confirmation hearing to be FBI director.
Wray also addressed questions about whether President Donald Trump requested loyalty if he became FBI chief, telling senators: ‘No one asked me for any kind of loyalty oath at any point during this process and I sure as heck didn’t offer one.’ “
-Seung Min Kim, Darren Samuelsohn, and Josh Gerstein, “Wray: I’ve given no loyalty oath to Trump,” Politico, July 12, 2017 11:27am