FBI director Christopher Wray told a town hall of FBI employees Wednesday that he is resigning, NBC News reported, citing a senior law enforcement official.
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Kash Patel to head the FBI. Patel has been well-known for years within Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community.
The official says Wray told the workforce he will leave “by the end” of the Biden administration.
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Wray had previously been named by Trump and began the 10-year term — a length meant to insulate the agency from the political influence of changing administrations — in 2017, after Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey.
Trump had telegraphed his anger with Wray on multiple occasions, including after Wray’s congressional testimony in September. But the soft-spoken director rarely seemed to go out of his way to publicly confront the White House.
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