Mike Rogers R-Mich. McConnell said, "It may surprise people, but he has a deep background in criminal law, he was the prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing case and I think it would make it clear that President Trump will continue the tradition at the FBI of having an apolitical professional. According to The Hill , "Democrats are unlikely to accept Garland trading his lifetime appointment on the influential U. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for a ten-year FBI director appointment that Trump could cut short at any time by firing him.
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Bush and confirmed by the Senate in President Barack Obama nominated Mueller to serve an additional two-year term in USA Today. Christopher Wray. Defense lawyer; a top national security official in the George W. Bush administration. Trump's crosshairs several times during the previous administration, most recently for telling lawmakers before the election that the FBI had no evidence of mass voter fraud, as Mr.
Trump had repeatedly and falsely claimed. Trump said Wray had been "disappointing" as FBI director in an interview soon after. The FBI is leading the law enforcement investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and has arrested dozens of alleged rioters across the country in the weeks since the assault.
In a briefing on inauguration security last week, Wray said the spate of arrests "should serve as a very stern warning to anybody else who might be inclined to try to engage in that activity. Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, hailed the move to keep Wray as FBI director, saying he "has served with great professionalism and integrity.
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