The decision by Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, to step down comes after President-elect Donald J. Trump announced his intention to replace him with a longtime loyalist, Kash Patel, before Mr. Wray's 10-year term expired.
Really says something about the partisan asymmetry of political appointments that Trump appointed Christopher Wray (a Republican); Biden kept Wray on for four years, governing under a GOP-run FBI; and now Wray is resigning because otherwise Trump will fire him to install a more extreme Republican.
-- Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) December 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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