Trump to nominate Christopher Wray as new FBI director

President Donald Trump said today that he will nominate Christopher Wray to be the new director of the FBI.

In a tweet announcing the move, Trump described Wray as a "man of impeccable credentials."

On May 9, Trump fired then-FBI director James Comey. Andrew McCabe, the deputy director, was named acting director of the FBI.

The White House later released the letter that the president wrote directly to Comey, which said his termination was “effective immediately” and cited recommendations of the United States attorney general and the deputy attorney general.

Comey's dismissal came just weeks after he testified in front of the House Committee on Intelligence, during which he took the rare step of confirming that the FBI was investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and "any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts."

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