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Senate Confirms Corporate Lawyer Christopher Wray as FBI Chief

HeadlineAug 02, 2017

On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed longtime corporate lawyer Christopher Wray as the new FBI chief, nearly three months after President Trump fired the agency’s previous director, James Comey. In an unprecedented move, five senators voted against Wray—the most votes against a nominee for FBI director in U.S. history. Before Tuesday, only one senator had ever voted against nominating an FBI director: Senator Rand Paul voted against former FBI Director James Comey because Comey refused to rule out domestic surveillance using drones during his confirmation hearing in 2013. As FBI head, Christopher Wray will now lead the agency amid the federal investigation into allegations of collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia. We’ll have more on Christopher Wray’s confirmation later in the broadcast.

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