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In January 2020, Senator [[Chris Murphy]] wrote to Wray, urging the FBI to "investigate the allegations" that [[Saudi Arabia]] "illegally compromised and stole personal data" from [[Jeff Bezos]], the owner of ''[[The Washington Post]]'', as part of a possible effort to "influence, if not silence, the Washington Post’s reporting on Saudi Arabia".<ref>{{cite news |title=Democratic senator asks intelligence agencies to open probe into Bezos phone hack |url=https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/480574-murphy-asks-intelligence-agencies-to-open-investigation-into-bezos-phone |work=The Hill |date=January 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Senator calls for US intelligence to investigate Jeff Bezos 'phone hacking' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/jeff-bezos-saudi-arabia-us-intelligence-chris-murphy-hacking |work=The Guardian |date=January 29, 2020}}</ref>
In April 2020, President Trump considered ousting Wray and replacing him with [[William Evanina]] but when Attorney General [[William Barr]] threatened to resign, Trump backed down.<ref>
In May 2020, Wray ordered an internal review into possible misconduct in the FBI's investigation of Trump's former national security adviser [[Michael Flynn]].<ref>{{cite news |title=FBI Director Orders Internal Review Of Michael Flynn Investigation |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/05/22/861252858/fbi-director-orders-internal-review-of-michael-flynn-investigation?t=1591523121974 |work=[[NPR]] |date=May 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FBI Director Wray opens internal review into how bureau handled Michael Flynn case |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-director-wray-opens-internal-investigation-into-how-bureau-handled-michael-flynn-case |work=Fox News |date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>
On June 4, 2020, Wray stated that "anarchists" like [[Antifa (United States)|antifa]] are "exploiting" [[George Floyd protests]] "to pursue violent, extremist agendas".<ref>{{cite news |title=Wray claims FBI sees 'anarchists like Antifa' exploiting George Floyd protests |url=https://news.yahoo.com/wray-claims-fbi-sees-anarchists-170251591.html |work=Yahoo News |date=June 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FBI Director Christopher Wray's Remarks at Press Conference Regarding Civil Unrest in Wake of George Floyd's Death |url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-director-christopher-wrays-remarks-at-press-conference-regarding-civil-unrest-in-wake-of-george-floyds-death |work=Fbi.gov |date=June 4, 2020}}</ref> Wray later clarified that antifa is an ideology rather than any specific organization, clashing with Trump.<ref>
In July 2020, Wray called [[People's Republic of China]] the "greatest long-term threat" to the United States. He said that "the FBI is now opening a new China-related counterintelligence case every 10 hours. Of the nearly 5,000 active counterintelligence cases currently under way across the country, almost half are related to China."<ref>{{cite news |title=FBI director: China is 'greatest threat' to US |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53329755 |work=BBC News |date=July 8, 2020}}</ref> Wray cited the [[Anthem medical data breach]] that exposed the personal information of more than 78 million people and the [[2017 Equifax data breach]] that impacted more than 145 million Americans.<ref>{{cite news |title=FBI Director Wray warns of Chinese hacking, espionage threats against American companies |url=https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/506250-fbi-director-wray-warns-of-chinese-hacking-espionage-threats-against |work=The Hill |date=July 7, 2020}}</ref> Wray argued China was trying to become the world's only superpower, supplanting the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-24|title=Pompeo urges China's citizens to help change Beijing's 'behaviour'|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3094467/us-secretary-state-urges-chinas-citizens-help-change-behaviour|access-date=2020-07-24|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
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