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FBI Director Chris Wray Is Reportedly Accepting the Inevitable With Trump in Charge

  • Bias Rating

    38% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Over 80 percent of counties shifted to the right, with Trump scoring the largest Electoral College win for a Republican in 36 years, along with the popular vote.
55% : Most of the anxiety is coming from the top brass, with FBI Director Chris Wray preparing for his time outside of the bureau as he's likely to be replaced by Trump once he retakes office (via NBC News):FBI Director Christopher Wray and Donald Trump's team are planning for the possibility that the president-elect will replace Wray during the new administration, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News.
50% : Wray, whom Trump appointed in 2017 to a 10-year term, enjoys leading the FBI and had intended to serve out his term, a source said.
42% : And no doubt, Trump would love to fire Wray.
34% : But he's also preparing for the possibility that Trump will seek to replace him, according to a separate source.
26% : The FBI director caught the ire of the incoming president when he walked a waffled line of the July 13 assassination attempt, claiming that the FBI didn't know if Trump was shot in the ear.
12% : Wray could resign if he was told Trump wants him gone, as is widely expected.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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