FBI Director Chris Wray says he's resigning at the end
of the Biden administration next month.
This is a decision that he announced to the FBI
in a private town hall meeting.
This was not unexpected given that president-elect Donald Trump last
month had announced his intention to nominate loyalist Cash Patel
to serve as FBI director.
So that's that announcement would have required Chris Wray to
either resign or await to be fired in January.
Ray is leaving after having served seven years out of
his tenure term.
What's interesting is he actually was appointed by Trump in
2017 to lead the FBI.
But during his tenure, he wound up really drawing the
ire of the president-elect, including over investigations that resulted in
two indictments against Trump last year.
The attention really turns to Cash Patel, Trump's expected nominee
for FBI director.
And Patel is somebody who has a very different vision
for the Bureau than Ray.
He's talked openly about his desire to rid the government
of, quote, conspirators against Donald Trump.
He said that that could include going after the media
or people in government who are perceived as having been
disloyal.
And so the public is really sort of waiting, as
is the FBI, to see what direction the Bureau might
take under the leadership of Patel, assuming that he is,
in fact confirmed.