FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNBC

Published Wed, Dec 11 2024 2:12 PM EST Updated 8 Min Ago


Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that he will resign by the end of the Biden administration next month. Wray’s announcement at a town hall for agency employees clears the way for President-elect Donald Trump to install a new head of the FBI without having to fire Wray or demand his resignation.

Trump in November announced his intention to nominate Kash Patel as FBI director. Patel is a former federal prosecutor and a Trump loyalist who has been critical of the FBI. Wray, whose office has a 10-year term, has been director since August 2017. Trump, who was president at that time, nominated him to the post after firing James Comey as director.

Since then, Wray has drawn Trump’s ire for the FBI’s role in criminal investigations of Trump for his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election and for his retention of classified government documents after leaving the White House.

“After weeks of careful thought, I’ve decided the right thing for the Bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current Administration in January and then step down,” Wray said Wednesday, according to prepared remarks released by the FBI’s press office.

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Published Wed, Dec 11 2024 2:12 PM EST Updated 2 Min Ago


FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that he will resign by the end of the Biden administration next month. Wray's announcement at town hall for agency employees clears the way for President-elect Donald Trump to install a new head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation without having to fire Wray or demand his resignation.

Trump in November announced his intention to nominate Kash Patel as FBI director. Patel is a former federal prosecutor and Trump loyalist who has been critical of the FBI. Wray, whose office has a 10-year term, has been director since August 2017. Trump nominated him to that post after the then-president fired James Comey as director.

Since then, Wray has drawn Trump's ire for the FBI's role in criminal investigations of Trump for his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election and for his retention of classified government documents after leaving the White House.

"After weeks of careful thought, I've decided the right thing for the Bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current Administration in January and then step down," Wray said Wednesday, according to prepared remarks released by the FBI's press office. "My goal is to keep the focus on our mission --- the indispensable work you're doing on behalf of the American people every day," Wray said.

Published Wed, Dec 11 2024 2:12 PM EST Updated 2 Min Ago


FBI Director Christopher Wray told a town hall of bureau employees on Wednesday that he will resign by the end of the Biden administration next month, NBC News reported. Wray's announcement clears the way for President-elect Donald Trump to install a new director in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Trump in November announced his intention to nominate day Kash Patel as FBI director. Wray has been director since August 2017. He was nominated to that post by Trump after the then-president fired Director James Comey.

"After weeks of careful thought, I've decided the right thing for the bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current administration in January and then step down," Wray said Wednesday, according to prepared remarks released by the FBI's press office.

"My goal is to keep the focus on our mission --- the indispensable work you're doing on behalf of the American people every day," Wray said. "In my view, this is the best way to avoid dragging the Bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work."


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FBI Director Christopher Wray told a town hall of bureau employees on Wednesday that he will resign by the end of the Biden administration next month, NBC News reported.

Wray's announcement clears the way for President-elect Donald Trump to install a new director in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Trump in November announced his intention to nominate day Kash Patel as FBI director.


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[not fooled]

1. Oh sh*t

Greasing the skids for red don's reign.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Damn it to hell.

Why didn't he stay and fight? No integrity apparently, but then he is a repuke.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Plus 45 had appointed him after firing Comey

and can "take him away".

Will have to see if Kash sails through the Senate.

[kimbutgar]

3. He got threatened and us leaving to save his life

But I hope he dumps all the criminal stuff he has dumpt on the way out.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. I hope he backed up his files and them.

[Captain Zero]

13. I think he may have been threatened.

I can see it. Trump is involved.
Someone should ask him if he was threatened in any manner if he stayed?

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Will Biden install a replacement before

Christmas Recess?

[BumRushDaShow]

8. The article updates indicated that he was going to stay until the very end of Biden's term

(January 20, 2025)

[Omnipresent]

7. I hope he doesn't trip over himself, running out the door in a cloud of smoke!

[BumRushDaShow]

9. LOL @ that visual!

[Mrsfiddlegirl]

10. Hurry!

Wray should make resignation immediate then Biden can appoint a "choir boy" to the post and Senate could push it through. Maybe a less destructive Republican who Drumpf would have trouble getting fired. Mitt?

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Any Biden "replacement" would be fired for any made up reason that the media would approve of

and that's assuming the GOP didn't block the nominee before it got that far.

They are trying to get judges done before the session is up January 3, 2025.

[AllyCat]

12. WTH is happening today? What is the matter with all these people?

The unbelievable level of cowardice.

[Captain Zero]

14. Trump threatening people??

I could believe it.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Thinking same thing. Folding when you could have served out your term until fired, and issued meaningful statements.

You proclaim to love and care about the FBI, SHOW US FCS

[stollen]

23. Lawrence O'Donnell had a good program tonight on this topic

The reason the head of the FBI has a 10 year term is so that it doesn't coincide with a president's term, thereby making the FBI susceptible to political pressure. Wray just upset the apple cart. He caved.

[Blue_Tires]

18. Probably something to do with the angry orange idiot

talking endlessly the last four years about "military tribunals and firing squads" for his "political enemies".... Those are his exact words and we should all be ready if/when the Trumpers come kicking down our front doors...

[AllyCat]

22. Maybe we should have fought harder.

Yet, here we are letting the Nazis roll through town.

[Blue_Tires]

25. I did everything I could...

I voted, I donated more than I could honestly afford, and I told everyone within earshot what was at stake

[AllyCat]

26. Me too. Hours of canvassing, hundreds of postcards, donations.

And this is the result. But I think we could try harder now, but our leaders are obeying already and defecting to the other side in some cases.

We are not in a good place and it is about to get much, much worse.

[LudwigPastorius]

20. ?

I guess I don't see it like that. Wray is absolutely getting fired the day Trump takes the inaugural oath.

Why not get out and get on with your life? How does staying in office for 40 days, only to let that shithead can you, help you or anyone else?

[Karasu]

16. WTF. This is practically just giving the job to Kash Patel. Which this country cannot afford.

[90-percent]

17. Ka$h

One thing he said he wants to do is prosecute Joe Biden for "stealing" the 2020 election.

Wray either has ZERO. honor , integrity or patriotism or else tfg toadies told him if he stays his entire family will be executed

-90% jimmy

[Blue_Tires]

19. Cowardice...

What's the fucking point anymore if everybody is just going to lay down for King Donnie?

[LudwigPastorius]

21. You know there is nothing he can do to keep the job once Trump is in office, right?

[Blue_Tires]

24. He still could have stuck it out to the end...

That's what a Repub would have done...

[Raven]

27. We don't know how many and what kind of threats he's gotten and how serious they were.

Who among us would put our life and the lives of our family members on the line when we have no idea if anyone will stand with us and behind us. The silence of Democratic leadership is deafening and when they do speak it's in platitudes. Our Party needs to put its money where its mouth is and establish the largest defense fund in history. We need to assure those who are targeted by the Madman that they will be protected and defended. Trump is relying on mass fear to keep us in line.