USA News: Biden will hold FBI head if Trump doesn't fire him

USA News: Biden will hold FBI head if Trump doesn't fire him

 

USA News: US President-elect Joe Biden is ready to keep Christopher Wray in his post as director of the FBI. The New York Times writes, citing a source according to whom Joe Biden "plans not to change the director of the FBI unless Trump fires him." Wray was chosen by Donald Trump in 2017, after the abrupt dismissal of his predecessor James Comey.

 

Special Attorney Robert Mueller's investigation into Russiagate also covered Comey's ouster. Wray's name has been circulating in the media as one of the senior officials Trump may dismiss before his term ends, as they are not considered fair enough. Biden News - At the moment we don't know if Wray will end up like Pentagon chief Mark Esper, who was ousted by Trump in a tweet.

 

But the New York Times source's underlining appears as a message addressed to the Republican party, from whose ranks come Wray, who was an assistant to the Justice Minister in George Bush's son administration. By keeping Wray in office, Joe Biden would revert to the practice of holding FBI directors in office for a decade or so.