A little less than a month after the resignation of James Comey, the President already knows what he wants to see in an armchair of the Director of the Federal Bureau of investigation. Today Donald trump announced his preference. This is Christopher ray, who headed the criminal division of the Ministry of justice as assistant attorney General of the United States in 2003-2005.
One of the high profile cases handled by the criminal division under the leadership of ray, it was about the fraud of the bankrupt energy company Enron.
I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2017
«I nominate [candidate] Christopher Asher ray, a man with impeccable recommendations as the new Director of the FBI. Details will be later».
After retiring from the Ministry in 2005, ray began to work in a large law firm King & Spalding, and was also the personal attorney of the Governor of new Jersey Christopher Christie in the company of a scandal involving a long overlap of the four lanes on the George Washington bridge.
The representative of the former General Prosecutor of the USA Eric holder’s Matthew Miller says Christopher ray “the most qualified person from the short list of candidates to be considered by the White house”.
Recall that for the vacant post of the head of the FBI claimed 11 people, among them were the names of Andrew McCabe, who now serves as the acting Director of the FBI, the Republican Senator John Cornin, judges of the court of appeals in new York, Michael Garcia and former assistant U.S. attorney Alice Fisher.
Last week, Donald trump met with some candidates, including ray.
Norman Eisen, a former adviser to President Obama, in response to the tweet, trump wrote the following:
Good choice. Oversaw Enron case, which I also spent years of my life on. He was very fair. I endorsements. #christopherwray #fbi #Russiagate https://t.co/elBtDQr3xb
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 7, 2017
«A good choice. I watched [his work] in the case of the Corporation Enron, which also has spent years of his life. He was very honest. I approve of».
According to Ron Hosko, FBI retired, “relatively young age” ray (born in 1966) can be “plus”.
If the Senate will approve the candidacy of Christopher ray, he will become head of the FBI ten year period.
Notably, Donald trump started talking about the ray just the day before, James Comey will be giving testimony before Congress.
