6Foto© hindustantimes.comFBI Director Chris Wray To Resign Before Trump Takes Office
FBI Director Chris Wray will step down from his post early next year, he said on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald TrumpDonald TrumpDonald Trump signaled his intent to fire the veteran official and replace him with firebrand Kash Patel.
His resignation makes him the second straight FBI director driven out by Trump, who during his first term in office fired Wray's predecessor James Comey, after souring on him over the FBI's investigations into alleged contacts between Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia.
Wray will leave before the end of the 10-year term that Trump himself appointed him to in 2017.
"In my view, this is the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work," Wray told FBI employees in a town hall meeting.