FBI director Christopher Wray will resign before Trump takes office
by Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6SW16)
Trump had signaled his intent to fire the veteran official and replace him with firebrand Kash Patel
The director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, announced on Wednesday that he was stepping down, after Donald Trump said he would fire him and install the firebrand loyalist Kash Patel in his place.
Wray, who the president-elect himself appointed as director during his first presidency after firing Wray's predecessor James Comey in 2017, announced his decision to staff at the bureau's Washington headquarters.
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