FBI Director Wray Defends Using Bureau Jet to Go on Vacation

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