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Wray Defends FBI's Intelligence Sharing Ahead Of Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

"I didn't see the report myself even until after the 6th, but the way in which it [was] handled ... strikes me as consistent with our normal process," said FBI Director Christopher Wray.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Amid criticism of the FBI's handling of its findings of planned violence on Jan. 6, FBI Director Christopher Wray defended his agency's methods of sharing intelligence with law enforcement on the evening before the insurrection.

A situational intelligence report from the FBI's Norfolk office conveyed specific threats made online against members of Congress, maps of the tunnel system under the Capitol complex and

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