Days after former FBI director James Comey was indicted by the Justice Department, President Donald Trump has hinted that his successor, Christopher Wray, may also come under investigation.
In a series of posts on Truth Social over the weekend, Trump accused Wray of concealing the alleged role of FBI agents in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump repeated the baseless claim that the FBI incited the riot, which followed his rally urging supporters to challenge the outcome of the 2020 election, won by Joe Biden.
“I want to know who each and every one of these so-called ‘Agents’ are, and what they were up to on that now ‘Historic’ Day,” Trump wrote. “Many Great American Patriots were made to pay a very big price only for the love of their Country. I owe this investigation of ‘Dirty Cops and Crooked Politicians’ to them!”
Speaking to NBC on Sunday, Trump suggested that Wray, whom he appointed in 2017, is already under scrutiny. “I would imagine. I would certainly imagine. I would think they are doing that,” he said when asked if the Justice Department was investigating Wray. Trump added that Wray “did a terrible job,” describing much of his service as “very inappropriate.”
The remarks come amid Trump’s broader push to pursue investigations of political adversaries. Earlier this month, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced plans to more aggressively probe Trump’s critics. In July, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard publicly accused former President Barack Obama and others of “treason,” intensifying concerns that Trump is using federal law enforcement to target opponents.
Trump has specifically claimed that 274 FBI agents were “secretly placed” among crowds on January 6, citing a recent report from conservative outlet Blaze Media. That report, based on an unnamed congressional source, contradicts the Justice Department’s own findings. A December 2024 report from the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General concluded there was “no evidence” that undercover FBI employees were embedded in the Capitol crowd. It did confirm that 26 FBI informants were present in Washington, D.C., that day.
A former senior FBI official dismissed the Blaze report as “completely and utterly untrue,” while FBI Director Kash Patel acknowledged that some agents were deployed for crowd control—but only after Metro Police declared a riot. Patel himself has faced criticism for past remarks and for his role in the FBI’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
Democratic leaders have strongly pushed back on Trump’s assertions. “Donald Trump is lying to the American people about the events of January 6,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on MSNBC. “He can’t justify the fact that he helped to incite a mob of violent individuals who attacked the Capitol as part of an effort to try to reverse and undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election.”
