FBI Director Christopher Wray | Partisan polarization and high-profile investigations #PolicyTalks
Channel: Ford School of Public Policy
Date: 2022-12-03

Question from John Ciorciari, associate dean for research and policy engagement, professor of public policy, and director of the International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center at the University of Michigan:

Some of the FBI’s most visible work involves high-profile investigations. Recent probes have taken place against a backdrop of partisan polarization and incendiary rhetoric in the United States. To what extent, and in what ways,  can this political climate affect the course of an investigation? What strategies do you use to try to maintain both the substance and appearance of even-handedness in that context?

A Policy Talks @ the Ford School and Josh Rosenthal Memorial Lecture event.