Christopher Wray, the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), says he will resign from his post before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.
Mr Wray announced his impending departure at an internal FBI meeting on Wednesday, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News.
President-elect Donald Trump has publicly signalled his desire to replace Mr Wray with Kash Patel, a longtime loyalist who has called for “dramatically” limiting the FBI’s authority.
Mr Wray, who was nominated by Trump in 2017 to serve a 10-year term, has faced criticism during his tenure from Republicans due to the FBI’s investigations into Trump after he left office.
