President-elect Donald Trump has responded after FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday his decision to step down from his post, likely ahead of Inauguration Day.
Wray’s decision comes after the president-elect’s announcement last month that would nominate former federal prosecutor and national security expert Kash Patel to become FBI director. Patel held a position at the National Security Council during Trump’s first term.
Trump said that Wray’s resignation is a “great day” for the country while pledging to restore integrity at the FBI and wider Department of Justice after both agencies appear to have been politically weaponized under Biden-Harris, as evidenced by the DOJ’s two cases against the president-elect.
“The resignation of Christopher Wray is a great day for America as it will end the weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “I just don’t know what happened to him.”
Trump said his administration “will now restore the rule of law for all Americans.”
“Under the leadership of Christopher Wray, the FBI illegally raided my home, without cause, worked diligently on illegally impeaching and indicting me, and has done everything else to interfere with the success and future of America,” Trump added. “They have used their vast powers to threaten and destroy many innocent Americans, some of which will never be able to recover from what has been done to them.”
He then turned his attention to Patel.
“Kash Patel is the most qualified nominee to lead the FBI in the Agency’s History, and is committed to helping ensure that Law, Order, and Justice will be brought back to our Country again, and soon,” Trump told Fox. “As everyone knows, I have great respect for the rank-and-file of the FBI, and they have great respect for me. They want to see these changes every bit as much as I do but, more importantly, the American People are demanding a strong, but fair, system of justice.”
“We want our FBI back, and that will now happen,” he continued. “I look forward to Kash Patel’s confirmation, so that the process of Making the FBI Great Again can begin.”
