By Valerie Bauman Social Affairs Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:28 BST, 4 April 2019 | Updated: 20:03 BST, 4 April 2019
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The director of the FBI said that white supremacy is a 'persistent' and 'pervasive' threat to America, distinguishing himself from President Donald Trump, who has largely avoided opportunities to condemn white nationalists.
'The danger. I think, of white supremacists, violent extremism or another kind of extremism is of course significant,' Christopher Wray said Thursday at a House hearing.
'We assess that it is a persistent, pervasive threat,' he added. 'We tackle it both through our joint terrorism task forces on the domestic terrorism side as well as through our civil rights program on the civil side through hate crime enforcement.'
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the bureau's budget, Thursday, April 4, 2019 in Washington DC
This graph illustrates the rise in hate groups in America since 1999. Source: Southern Poverty Law Center
