On social media, the president-elect of the United States urged the US Senate to ratify Kash Patel’s nomination, Trump ally and critic of the investigative police, as new director of the FBI.
United States President-elect Donald Trump celebrated the announcement of the resignation of FBI Director Christopher Wray as “a great day” for the country.
In your Truth Social network, which it has been doing to the FBI since the federal agency searched Trump’s residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida (southeast), in 2022, where it seized classified documents.
Trump promised to “restore the rule of law” and said he did not understand “what happened” to Wray, whom he accused of having illegally invaded Mar-a-Lago and instrumentalizing justice.
In the same message, the president-elect urged the US Senate (upper house of Congress) to ratify the appointment as a Trump ally and a critic of police investigations.
“Kash Patel is the most qualified candidate to lead the FBI in the agency’s history and is committed to helping ensure that law, order and justice returns to our country again, and soon.”
Wray steps down ‘after weeks of careful reflection’
On Wednesday, during a meeting with FBI leadership, Wray said he will step down in January and before the end of his term, “after weeks of careful reflection.”
Wray had previously been appointed by Trump, after the former president fired then-FBI Director James Comey, beginning a 10-year term in 2017 – a period designed to isolate the agency from the political influence of different administrations.
“My goal is to stay focused on our mission, the indispensable work you do every day for the American people. In my opinion, this is the best way to avoid plunging the FBI further into political confusion,” Wray added in a statement in writing to FBI officials, cited by international agencies.
The FBI’s investigation into the assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters on January 6, 2021, has turned the century-old institution into the target of unprecedented attacks, coming mainly from the most right-wing wing of the Republican party.
It is still unclear whether Patel can be confirmed, even by a Republican-led Senate, although Trump has also raised the prospect of using the ‘recess appointment’, an act in which the President nominates someone to a public position when the Senate is in suspension. of activities, to make your choices count.
