”My goal is to keep the focus on our mission — the indispensable work they are doing on behalf of the American people every day,” he said.
Christopher Wray, director of the FBIassured this Wednesday that will resign from his position when the president’s term ends Joe Biden in January. The announcement comes just a week and a half after Donald Trump will comment on his intention to nominate his ally, Kash Patelfor that position.
In the framework of a public hearing with employees of the national security and intelligence service of USAWray detailed that makes the decision after ”weeks of careful reflection”three years before completing a 10-year term marked by high-profile and politically charged investigations, including the one that culminated in two separate accusations against Trump last year.
With his resignation he intends to avoid a clash with Trump
Likewise, the decision is not entirely unexpected, even more so given President-elect Donald Trump’s statements regarding his choice of Patel as director; as well as that there was repeatedly expressed his irritation towards Wrayincluding in a television interview broadcast last Sunday.
Under that line, by deciding to resign rather than wait to be fired, Wray tries to avoid a clash with the new Trump administration which, he said, would have further involved the FBI “in the dispute.”
”My goal is to stay focused on our mission —the indispensable work you are doing on behalf of the American people every day,” Wray told FBI employees. “In my view, this is the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the dispute, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to the way we do our work.”
Wray was appointed by Trump and began the 10-year term — a duration intended to insulate the FBI from the political influence of administration changes — in 2017, after Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey.
Trump had expressed his anger with Wray on multiple occasions. Trump said in the recent interview with NBC’s ”Meet the Press” that ”I can’t say that he fascinates me. invaded my home”, in reference to the raid of his Florida property, Mar-a-Lago, two years ago, by the FBI, in search of classified documents from Trump’s first presidential term. But the usually soft-spoken Wray rarely seemed intent on publicly confronting the president.
Source: Ambito
