A "good friend" of former FBI Director James Comey said the bureau's current chief "should be careful" about criticizing its old leadership.
Benjamin Wittes, who is the editor-in-chief of Lawfare, reacted late Tuesday to an FBI statement defending Director Christopher Wray as he faces pressure from Republicans to answer for what they view as a lack of transparency about the Russia investigation.
"Chris Wray should be careful before issuing statements like this about 'prior leadership' to check the dates on the FISA applications that the IG examined in his most recent interim report," Wittes tweeted.
Wittes was referring to recent revelations about problems with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act process, which stretched from Comey's tenure ending in May 2017, through to the directorship of his successor, Wray.
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a report late last year criticizing the Justice Department and the FBI for at least 17 “significant errors and omissions” related to the FISA warrants against Trump campaign associate Carter Page in 2016 and 2017, and for the bureau's reliance on British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s unverified dossier.
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