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FBI chief Christopher Wray announces his resignation in January
In view of Donald Trump’s imminent inauguration as US President, the head of the US Federal Police FBI, Christopher Wray, has announced his resignation in January.
“After weeks of careful consideration,” he believes it will be the right decision “if I remain in office until the end of the current term (of US President Joe Biden) in January and then resign,” Wray told his employees.
The decision was not easy for him, but his focus was always on doing the right thing for the FBI. With a view to future “threats,” “the security of Americans and upholding the Constitution” remain the central mission of the FBI, Wray said.
FBI chief Wray came with Trump – and then fell from grace
Wray was appointed FBI chief by Trump in his first term in 2017. His term would normally only end after ten years in 2027, but Wray fell out of favor with the right-wing populist after his term ended.
These women are the most wanted criminals in the United States
She is the 293rd person to make the FBI Most Wanted list – and the first woman ever to appear on it. Ruth Eisemann-Schier landed on the list in December 1968 after she and her boyfriend kidnapped a millionaire’s daughter and buried her alive in a coffin in an Atlanta forest. The kidnapped student was kept alive by the two of them with the help of food, water, a battery-powered lamp and an air pump. When the kidnapped woman’s father transferred $500,000, the couple gave a vague indication of the burial site. The student was found 83 hours after her abduction. While Eisemann-Schier’s boyfriend was caught a little later, she was on the run for a few months before she was arrested. She only had to serve around half of her seven-year prison sentence and was then deported to Honduras
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The US president-elect, who takes office on January 20, has already nominated his loyal acolyte Kash Patel for the post of FBI chief. The 44-year-old lawyer has sharply criticized the FBI and expressed sympathy for the QAnon movement, which has been spreading right-wing extremist conspiracy ideology on the Internet for years.
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