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Freeh speaks at the farewell ceremony of outgoing Director Robert Mueller in 2013 Former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh at a press conference in the Estonian Ministry of Finance, Tallinn, 3 July 2020. Freeh approached acting New Jersey Governor Donald DiFrancesco , and offered to serve, without salary, as the state's anti-terrorism "czar".
Fbi Director Christopher Wray Announces Resignation Local law enforcement officers are seen in front of the home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on Aug. 9, 2022.
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.
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 ...
His resignation makes him the second straight FBI director driven out by Trump, who during his first term in office fired Wray's predecessor James Comey, after souring on him over the FBI'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.
Comey was only the second FBI director to be fired from the position since Congress enacted a statute specifying that the head of the nation’s preeminent federal law enforcement agency could ...
From January 2016 to July 2017, the month of his confirmation, Wray earned $9.2 million working as an attorney for the law firm King & Spalding, significantly more than his salary as FBI Director. According to a calculation from The Wall Street Journal , Wray's net worth in 2017 was estimated to be $23 million to $42 million.