Donald Trump sits with Christopher Wray during an FBI ceremony on Dec. 15, 2017. Trump has since turned on him, blaming Wray for what he sees as the FBI’s weaponization against him.

Christopher Wray’s capitulation. Wray resigning rather than forcing Trump to fire him clearly helps Trump, but perhaps not as much as some think. December 11, 2024. 5 min.

Christopher Wray is taking the easy way out. The conservative Republican announced Wednesday that he would end his 10-year term as FBI director three years early, essentially bowing to political ...

Chris Hayes explains how Chris Wray stepping aside and allowing Trump to appoint a loyalist as FBI director strikes down an important guardrail in our democracy.

FBI Director Christopher Wray, like so many Republicans who couldn’t stomach Trump’s demands, decided to go gentle into that good night.

Good riddance to FBI Director Chris Wray. A pretty boy who perfected the art of stonewalling at congressional oversight hearings and treated the FBI airplane like his luxury private jet, he has ...

"Chris Wray is a good friend, we worked together back after 9/11 when he was in the Deputy Attorney General's office," Pistole told Newsweek.

On case after case and on institutional FBI culture more broadly, Wray has covered for the bureau rather than dutifully serving the public. On institutional matters, in 2022, it came to light that ...

FBI Director Christopher Wray in Washington D.C. on July 24, 2024. Wray announced on December 11 that he will resign in January. Chris Kleponis/Getty Images "Kash Patel, Donald Trump's chosen ...

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks on Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington, D.C., announcing he will resign his post at the end of the current administration.

“We’ve got to maintain our independence and objectivity, staying above partisanship and politics,” Wray said. “Because that’s what the American people expect and, I think, that’s what ...