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FBI Director Chris Wray will resign at the end of the Biden administration, the
agency said Wednesday, as it became clear he would be forced out by
President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump, who originally nominated Wray after firing the previous FBI director,
previously announced he will nominate Kash Patel for the role, although Wray
still had three years remaining on his 10-year term. Patel has been meeting with
senators to build support for a confirmation vote next year.

Wray had wrestled with whether or not to resign given Trump’s stated desire to
replace him, sources say, and wants to facilitate an orderly transition. But
some in the FBI worried his departure would normalize Trump’s penchant for
replacing FBI directors he doesn’t like, as the position is supposed to straddle
administrations and be insulated from politics.

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Wray took the helm of the agency after Trump fired Director James Comey
following investigations under his watch into Russian meddling in the 2016
election. Wray took office after Comey, whose FBI also investigated Hillary
Clinton’s use of a private email server, left the bureau in May 2017.

As the incoming director, Wray was seen by many lawmakers as a solid choice to
stabilize a rocky ship, but he ultimately suffered a similar fate as his
predecessor, after he too oversaw an FBI that investigated Trump, probes
resulting in two separate federal cases against the former president.

Trump, in particular, was unhappy with the FBI’s court-approved search of his
Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022 during the investigation into his alleged
mishandling of classified documents.

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Just this week, Trump said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” that he wasn’t “thrilled”
with Wray.

“He invaded my home,” Trump said. “He invaded Mar-a-Lago.”

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Wray made his announcement at a town hall in FBI headquarters in Washington, DC.
Following his remarks there was a standing ovation and some people were seen
crying, according to sources who attended the event.

“After weeks of careful thought, I’ve decided the right thing for the Bureau is
for me to serve until the end of the current Administration in January and then
step down. My goal is to keep the focus on our mission — the indispensable work
you’re doing on behalf of the American people every day,” Wray said, according
to prepared remarks from the FBI. “In my view, this is the best way to avoid
dragging the Bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and
principles that are so important to how we do our work.”

“It should go without saying, but I’ll say it anyway — this is not easy for me.
I love this place, I love our mission, and I love our people — but my focus is,
and always has been, on us and doing what’s right for the FBI,” Wray added.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said Wray’s resignation “is a great day for
America as it will end the Weaponization of what has become known as the United
States Department of Injustice. I just don’t know what happened to him. We will
now restore the Rule of Law for all Americans.”

“I look forward to a smooth transition. I will be ready to serve the American
people on day one,” Patel said in a statement Wednesday.

Sen. Josh Hawley, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, called Wray’s resignation
announcement “a great development.”

“I mean, he’s the worst FBI director in American history, he should go,” said
Hawley, a Missouri Republican, arguing that Wray had “violated the constitution”
during his tenure. “This should not be partisan by the way. He’s a Republican,
but he’s just been a bad director.”

Speaking on CNN, Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton lamented Trump’s move to push
Wray out.

“Trump wants to politicize the FBI, to turn it back to the days of J. Edgar
Hoover, where the FBI has its own really lawless agenda, where the FBI is a tool
of the state to persecute Americans, not to actually uphold the law for
everybody in our land,” Moulton, a Democrat, said. “So, it is very dangerous.
And the calculation that Chris Wray made when he decided to to resign is a
calculation that hundreds of thousands of federal employees are making right
now, all across Washington and all across the country.”


APPOINTED BY TRUMP BUT RELATIONSHIP SOURED

When Trump first chose Wray to lead the FBI in 2017, the two were on good terms.
At the time, Trump said Wray would “serve his country as a fierce guardian of
the law and model of integrity.”

Wray did seek to avoid turbulence with the White House and other lawmakers,
giving detailed briefings on Capitol Hill and making reforms to the bureau in
response to missteps in the Trump-Russia probe.

Still, the relationship quickly soured, and Trump’s disdain for Wray came out in
public tweets and interviews where he bashed the FBI director for his hesitancy
to make public documents related to the Russia investigation as well as his
congressional testimony that Russia was working to interfere in the 2020
elections and that there was no evidence of coordinated national voter fraud.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be FBI Director Kash Patel arrives at
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December 9, in Washington, DC.
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Patel, lawmakers, staffers and media in leak investigations

The rift became even more apparent after Trump left the White House in 2021 and
began to attack both Wray and the bureau as carrying out investigations for
political reasons.

Following his election victory last month, Trump promised to get rid of Wray and
replace him with Patel, a Trump loyalist and MAGA firebrand who has vowed to
root out what he has referred to as the “Deep State” and re-focus the law
enforcement agency’s mission.

Wray’s FBI also conducted the largest investigation in its long history in
response to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack – leading to the arrest of
over 1,500 people accused of breaking the law that day.


TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT

In recent weeks, Wray had weighed whether to resign or wait to be fired, people
briefed on the discussions said. An important part of his consideration was
finding a way to say good bye to employees and to manage his own exit, the
sources said.

The timing of his announcement was the only question. Then in recent days,
Republicans began publicly paving the way to push Wray out, making clear it
wasn’t just Trump but also influential Republicans on board with ousting him.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, incoming chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter
saying he lacked confidence in the leadership of Wray and Deputy FBI Director
Paul Abbate.

Internally at the FBI, Grassley’s letter was seen as a sign that Republicans
were going to attack the bureau as a way to force Wray out, sources said.

In addition, resigning and having a deputy serve until a new director is in
place allows for continuity and avoids risk of Wray being fired on January 20,
2025, a particular vulnerable point for the government as a new administration
is taking over.

A source familiar with Wray’s thinking told CNN that leaving the agency on his
own terms was an important factor in his announcement Wednesday. Wray was
described as sad about his premature exit but was said to be approaching it with
an attitude of resolve.

Attorney General Merrick Garland praised Wray’s leadership and “integrity”
during his law enforcement career.

“The director of the FBI is responsible for protecting the independence of the
FBI from inappropriate influence in its criminal investigations. That
independence is central to preserving the rule of law and to protecting the
freedoms we as Americans hold dear,” Garland said in a statement. “Director Wray
has done that job with integrity and skill.”

During his address Wednesday, Wray insisted that the FBI cannot change it’s
“commitment to doing the right thing, the right way, every time.”

“That’s the real strength of the FBI — the importance of our mission, the
quality of our people, and their dedication to service over self. It’s an
unshakeable foundation that’s stood the test of time,” Wray said, “and cannot be
easily moved. And it — you, the men and women of the FBI — are why the bureau
will endure and remain successful long into the future.”

This story has been updated with additional developments.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Dana Bash and Hannah Rabinowitz contributed to this
report.




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STORE AND/OR ACCESS INFORMATION ON A DEVICE 45 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Store and/or access information on a device

Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers,
randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other
information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported
technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each
time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes
presented here.

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USE LIMITED DATA TO SELECT ADVERTISING 36 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Use limited data to select advertising

Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such
as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type
or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit
the number of times an ad is presented to you).

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USE PROFILES TO SELECT PERSONALISED ADVERTISING 32 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Use profiles to select personalised advertising

Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on your advertising
profiles, which can reflect your activity on this service or other websites or
apps (like the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and
personal aspects.

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CREATE PROFILES FOR PERSONALISED ADVERTISING 33 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Create profiles for personalised advertising

Information about your activity on this service (such as forms you submit,
content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you
(for example, information from your previous activity on this service and other
websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a
profile about you (that might include possible interests and personal aspects).
Your profile can be used (also later) to present advertising that appears more
relevant based on your possible interests by this and other entities.

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USE PROFILES TO SELECT PERSONALISED CONTENT 7 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Use profiles to select personalised content

Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content
personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other
services (for instance, the forms you submit, content you look at), possible
interests and personal aspects. This can for example be used to adapt the order
in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find
(non-advertising) content that matches your interests.

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CREATE PROFILES TO PERSONALISE CONTENT 9 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Create profiles to personalise content

Information about your activity on this service (for instance, forms you submit,
non-advertising content you look at) can be stored and combined with other
information about you (such as your previous activity on this service or other
websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a
profile about you (which might for example include possible interests and
personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present content that
appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the
order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to
find content that matches your interests.

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MEASURE ADVERTISING PERFORMANCE 38 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Measure advertising performance

Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact
with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you or other
users and whether the goals of the advertising were reached. For instance,
whether you saw an ad, whether you clicked on it, whether it led you to buy a
product or visit a website, etc. This is very helpful to understand the
relevance of advertising campaigns.

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MEASURE CONTENT PERFORMANCE 14 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Measure content performance

Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact
with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g.
reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether
you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product
description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc.
This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content
that is shown to you.

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UNDERSTAND AUDIENCES THROUGH STATISTICS OR COMBINATIONS OF DATA FROM DIFFERENT
SOURCES 22 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Understand audiences through statistics or combinations of data from different
sources

Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user
profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your
interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising)
content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which
target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).

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DEVELOP AND IMPROVE SERVICES 36 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS PURPOSE

Develop and improve services

Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with
ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to
build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of
audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or
improvement of user profiles and identifiers.

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ENSURE SECURITY, PREVENT AND DETECT FRAUD, AND FIX ERRORS 46 PARTNERS CAN USE
THIS SPECIAL PURPOSE

Always Active

Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent
activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure
systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct
any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery
of content and ads and in your interaction with them.

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DELIVER AND PRESENT ADVERTISING AND CONTENT 38 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS SPECIAL
PURPOSE

Always Active

Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to
ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to
facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.

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SAVE AND COMMUNICATE PRIVACY CHOICES 24 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS SPECIAL PURPOSE

Always Active

The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice
are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals
(such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this
service and those entities to respect such choices.

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MATCH AND COMBINE DATA FROM OTHER DATA SOURCES 30 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS FEATURE

Always Active

Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with
other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for
instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card
in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in
this notice.

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LINK DIFFERENT DEVICES 27 PARTNERS CAN USE THIS FEATURE

Always Active

In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be
considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your
household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both
your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet
connection on both devices).

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IDENTIFY DEVICES BASED ON INFORMATION TRANSMITTED AUTOMATICALLY 33 PARTNERS CAN
USE THIS FEATURE

Always Active

Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it
automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of
your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the
purposes exposed in this notice.

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STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

Always Active

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched
off in our systems. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these
cookies, but some parts of the site will not work.

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