Veteran G-Man Installed as Head of FBI’s Embattled New York City Office, Replacing Agent Who Told Colleagues To ‘Dig In’ Against Trump’s January 6 Questionnaire

Christopher Raia replaces James Dennehy, who resisted efforts by Trump Administration officials to ask questions of FBI agents who were involved in the probe into the January 6, 2021 unrest at the Capitol.

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Christopher Raia, shown here during the probe of the New Orleans truck attack, has been named head of the New York FBI office. 4WWL

 An FBI Deputy Assistant Director who took over the bureau’s investigation into the deadly attack on Bourbon Street after a New Orleans official misidentified it as “not a terrorist event” is now the new head of the New York City field office, The New York Sun has learned.

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