FBI director adopts victim role after Mar-a-Lago raid

FBI Director Christopher Wray said at a press conference Wednesday that he is concerned about comments made on social media against him, and other law enforcement officials following his agency's unprecedented search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Wray declined to answer questions about why FBI agents entered Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida. However, he dismissed the threats against him and other agencies by saying: "I am always concerned about threats to law enforcement". He added, "Violence against law enforcement is not the answer, regardless of who you are upset with."

The FBI director dismissed the public expressions alluding to him as "deplorable and dangerous".

For his part, Trump has demanded an answer from the FBI and the Justice Department as to why the search was conducted and what property was seized. "These are dark times for our nation as my beautiful home, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, was raided by a large group of FBI agents," Trump said Tuesday in an email sent by Trump's Save America political action committee.