Republicans Cheer Resignation of FBI Director Chris Wray as Trump’s Nominee, Kash Patel, Makes the Rounds on Capitol Hill

‘If I were him, that’s what I would do,’ Senator-elect Curtis tells the Sun.

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The FBI director, Christopher Wray, on Capitol Hill, March 11, 2024. AP/Mark Schiefelbein, file

Republicans are cheering the resignation announcement of FBI Director Christopher Wray, who has become a target of Republican congressional investigations over the course of the last two years for the bureau’s probes of school board meeting attendees, anti-abortion rights advocates, Catholics, and President-elect Trump. On Wednesday, multiple senators told the New York Sun that they were thrilled with Mr. Wray’s decision to leave instead of being fired by Trump in January. 

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