FBI Director Chris Wray is staying on the
Job,
CNN and
NBC News report.
While
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to disclose Wray's fate at her first press conference Wednesday night, sources tell CNN and NBC News that President Biden will keep him on the job. The decision comes even after law enforcement failed to intercept a mob of Trump supporters' plans to attack the Capitol building earlier this month.
Former President
Donald Trump appointed Wray to his post after firing former FBI Director
JAMES COMEY. Trump had reportedly been considering firing Wray in the last month of his presidency, but was advised against doing so because an acting replacement or Biden nominee might target him. The
New York Times' Maggie Haberman reported in the weeks before the inauguration Biden's team was planning to keep Wray unless he was fired.
CNN's legal correspondent deemed Biden's decision the "right call," even though the FBI head ended up "disappearing a bit these last two weeks" after the Capitol attack. FBI directors are appointed for 10-year terms, and are meant to outlast presidents so partisanship doesn't influence their work.