Trump taps Christopher Wray as new FBI director
Wray, a litigation attorney with law firm King & Spalding in Washington and Atlanta, previously served as assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's Criminal Division from 2003 to 2005.
By : migrator
Update: 2017-06-07 12:42 GMT
Washington
President Donald Trump announced today that he is tapping lawyer and former Justice Department official Christopher Wray to serve as his new FBI director, on the eve of critical testimony by the intelligence agency chief he ousted.
Wray, a litigation attorney with law firm King & Spalding in Washington and Atlanta, previously served as assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's Criminal Division from 2003 to 2005.
"I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI.Details to follow," Trump wrote on Twitter.
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