Washington (CNN) FBI Director Christopher Wray defended his agency Thursday in his first public appearance since President Donald Trump said the bureau is "in tatters." Wray told the House Judiciary Committee his agents work hard "protecting the American people and upholding the rule of law in all 50 states and in about 80 countries around the world." "Let me start by saying that it is for me the honor of a lifetime to be here representing the men and women of the FBI," he said. "There is no finer institution than the FBI and no finer people than the men and women who work there and are its very beating heart." When asked about Trump's tweets over the weekend criticizing the FBI, Wray told Rep. Jerry Nadler, "there is no shortage of opinions out there."

Source: CNN December 07, 2017 11:08 UTC