FBI Director Christopher Wray and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after facing backlash for skipping public national security hearings this week.
Top members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee rebuked DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray for skipping an end-of-year public hearing on Thursday.
Committee Chairman Gary Peters said Mayorkas and Wray’s refusal to appear is a “shocking departure” from the 15-year tradition of holding the annual hearing on worldwide threats. In a statement to Fox News Digital, the FBI argued that Wray and other officials have already “testified extensively” in public about threats facing the U.S., and that the bureau “has repeatedly demonstrated our commitment to responding to Congressional oversight and being transparent with the American people.”
“FBI leaders…believe the Committee would benefit most from further substantive discussions and additional information that can only be provided in a classified setting”, the FBI said in a statement.
