White House slams FBI chief Wray over voter fraud testimony

FILE PHOTO: FBI Director Christopher Wray, is sworn into the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during a hearing on "Threats to the Homeland", on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2020. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Friday denigrated FBI Director Christopher Wray's ability to detect voter fraud in the U.S. election and suggested that if he "drill down" more he would change his congressional testimony on the issue.

Wray told lawmakers on Thursday he has not seen evidence of a coordinated national voter fraud effort, undercutting President Donald Trump's unfounded assault on mail-in balloting as a threat to election security.