Inside the FBI: Anger worry work and fears of lasting damage
James Comey
Wray's predecessor  James Comey  was fired by Trump in May amid the ratcheting tensions of a criminal probe into the president's former national security adviser  Michael Flynn. At the time  Trump called Comey a "showboat" and a "grandstander."
That approach  though  is a subtle rejection of some of  Comey 's most controversial decisions.  Comey  famously held a news conference in July 2016 to announce  he  would not recommend any criminal charges in the probe of Clinton's use of a private email server when  she  was secretary of state. Then in October of that year  less than two weeks before the presidential election   he  sent a letter to Congress informing them the FBI was investigating new emails in the case.
Both moves were significant departures from normal Justice Department procedure  and Clinton and her supporters blame  Comey  for costing her the election.
 Comey 's firing shocked the FBI's workforce. In the aftermath  many employees posted pictures of  him  at their desks or other workspaces.
"In some offices  you'd go in and it was just  ' Comey    Comey   Comey' everywhere " said one law enforcement official. "There's still a lot of that  but not as much."
Wray's predecessor  [TGT]was fired by Trump in May amid the ratcheting tensions of a criminal probe into the president's former national security adviser  Michael Flynn. At the time  Trump called [TGT] a "showboat" and a "grandstander."
That approach  though  is a subtle rejection of some of  Comey 's most controversial decisions.  [TGT]famously held a news conference in July 2016 to announce  [TGT]  would not recommend any criminal charges in the probe of Clinton's use of a private email server when  she  was secretary of state. Then in October of that year  less than two weeks before the presidential election   [TGT]  sent a letter to Congress informing them the FBI was investigating new emails in the case.
Both moves were significant departures from normal Justice Department procedure  and Clinton and her supporters blame  Comey  for costing her the election.
 [TGT] 's firing shocked the FBI's workforce. In the aftermath  many employees posted pictures of  him  at their desks or other workspaces.
"In some offices  you'd go in and it was just  ' Comey    Comey   Comey' everywhere " said one law enforcement official. "There's still a lot of that  but not as much."