Christopher Wray is a US lawyer who has served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2017 under US President Donald Trump. Wray replaced James Comey, who was dismissed by Trump on May 9, 2017.
Joe Biden will not remove Christopher Wray as FBI director, if Wray is still in that role when the new president takes office in January 2021, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing a senior adviser to Biden with insider knowledge.
If Biden does not replace Wray, that would signal a return to typical procedure around tenures for FBI directors, who are confirmed by the Senate, have 10-year-terms, and are rarely fired, the Times detailed.
Trump made an atypical decision when he dismissed Comey, the seventh director of the FBI, in 2017, after criticizing him for the FBI investigation into a Hillary Clinton email controversy and claims of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Two senior White House officials in October also revealed that Trump was considering firing Wray, if reelected.
“Advisers have consistently told POTUS to wait until after the election if he wants to replace Wray,” one official told Fox News at the time.
Also in October, the FBI Agents Association sent letters to Biden and Trump stating their support for Wray completing his ten-year term.
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