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The decision by Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, to step down comes after President-elect Donald J. Trump announced his intention to replace him with a longtime loyalist before Mr. Wray’s 10-year term expired. Mr. Wray’s F.B.I. repeatedly investigated Mr. Trump, including by searching the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022 for classified documents. “I’m very unhappy with the things he’s done,” Mr. Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Read more ›
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Mr. Trump has made no secret of his distaste for Mr. Wray, and announced last month that he wanted to replace him with Kash Patel, a hard-line critic of the bureau who has called for firing its top leaders and bringing the nation’s law enforcement agencies “to heel.”
- Senator Susan Collins of Maine met with Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary, on Wednesday and pressed him on a range of issues, including the sexual assault allegations against him and the role of women in the military. Ms. Collins said she would wait to make a decision on whether she would support his candidacy. Mr. Hegseth said he hoped, in time, he could “earn her support.
