FBI director says partial shutdown is 'mind-boggling'

By The Associated Press January 25, 2019 at 11:19am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the FBI says the partial government shutdown is “mind-boggling, it’s short-sighted, and it’s unfair.”

In a video message to employees posted on the FBI’s website, Director Christopher Wray says he’s “about as angry as I’ve been in a long, long time.”

He says 100 percent of FBI employees are feeling financial strains from the shutdown.

Most agents in the field are working without pay and other employees are furloughed. He says he knows he can count on FBI agents to help people however they can, but he recognizes they have bills to pay.

Wray says FBI leadership should not be getting involved in political fights. But he says senior FBI officials have been advocating for employees behind the scenes.

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