[NPR] Christopher Wray is staying at the helm of the FBI.Less than 24 hours after President Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, generated speculation about Wray's future after giving a noncommittal response when asked whether Biden had confidence in the FBI director, Psaki made clear that Wray will remain at his post.
"I caused an unintentional ripple yesterday so [I] wanted to state very clearly President Biden intends to keep FBI Director Wray on in his role and he has confidence in the job he is doing," Psaki wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
Wray, a low-key lawyer and former Justice Department official, is less than four years into his 10-year term atop the FBI. He was hand-picked by former President Donald Trump to lead the bureau after Trump fired James Comey.
But Wray quickly fell out of favor with Trump, who considered him disloyal and frequently speculated about firing him.
Trump and his allies attacked Wray for what they perceived as his unwillingness to root out alleged bad actors within the FBI.
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