FBI chief Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office

On Monday, FBI Director Christopher Wray, declared that he is going to resign in January before Donald Trump takes office.

He told bureau employees in remarks released by FBI, ‘After thinking carefully for weeks, I’ve chosen the right thing for the bureau is for me to serve until the end of the recent administration in January and then step down’.

Trump, who is expected to be sworn in as president on January 20, announced the selection of loyalist Kash Patel to fill the vacancy created by Wray as the new head of the US law enforcement agency, as well as welcomed the resignation of the still FBI chief.

Wray was appointed by Trump in 2017 to lead the 38,000-strong Federal Bureau of Intelligence, but the new president has turned on his pick.

Wray had three more years left to serve in his 10-year post as the FBI director but did face the possibility of being fired by Trump.

"America is going to witness a very great day, for Wray is resigning: end to the weaponization of what's come to be known as the United States Department of Injustice," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

According to Trump's statement, the FBI under the reign of Wray, has trespassed into the house illegally, without any case, worked unrelentingly towards impeaching and indicting, and has done anything possible and much more to derail the success and future of America.

The FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home happened in August 2022 for recovering top secret documents kept without authorization from the White House.

Trump was accused of mishandling classified documents and blockage of justice; however, a judge appointed by Trump dismissed the case.

In his comments to the FBI workforce, Wray mentioned that the best choice to avoid dragging the bureau into the fray even deeper is to step down while reinforcing its being so important in how we do our work.

Patel is the son of Indian immigrants, holding various senior positions during Trump's reign, in his first term including national security advisor and chief of staff to the acting defense secretary.

In a post shared on Truth Social, Trump accused law enforcement officials of "using their vast powers to threaten and destroy many innocent Americans-some of which will never recover from what has been done to them."

‘Kash Patel is the most fitting Nominee to head the FBI in the Agency's History, and has pledged to make Law, Order, and Justice come back once again soon to our Country’, Trump said.