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The FBI director is appointed by the president and, since 1972, subject to confirmation by the Senate. [2] [3] [7] J. Edgar Hoover, appointed by President Calvin Coolidge to the predecessor office of Director of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924, was by far the longest-serving director, holding the position from its establishment under the current title in 1935 until his death in 1972.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.An agency of the United States Department of Justice, the FBI is a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the attorney general and the director of national intelligence. [3]
Edgar Hoover, the FBI’s director for almost half a century, used warrantless wiretaps to intercept communications of people he deemed to be “subversive,” including Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christopher Asher Wray (born December 17, 1966) [2] is an American attorney who served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2017 to 2025. [3] He was nominated by President Donald Trump to replace James Comey.
The FBI Agents Association officials met with FBI director nominee Kash Patel in recent weeks to raise those concerns, urging him to protect agents who did their work investigating violent crimes ...
Trump Names Brian Driscoll To Serve As Acting Fbi Director After Sudden Abbate Retirement. Driscoll, a veteran of the agency, joined in 2007, according to a statement on the White House’s ...
In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed him as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [9] This was despite Webster being a registered Republican. [10] [11] Webster was portrayed by actor Sean Cullen in Season 2 of the Netflix show Mindhunter, which took place during his tenure as director of the FBI.
Outoing FBI director Christopher Wray said he decided to step down because it was clear President-elect Trump “intended to make a change” with the agency. “My decision to retire from the FBI ...