Politicized attacks on the FBI’s integrity “erode respect” and put agents at risk, the agency’s director said on Thursday, hours after an armed man was shot and killed by federal agents in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“Unfounded attacks on the integrity of the FBI erode respect for the rule of law and are a grave disservice to the men and women who sacrifice so much to protect others,” Christopher Wray said in an Aug. 11 statement, adding that threatening or inciting violence against police—including the FBI—is “dangerous and should be deeply concerning” for every American.
