Wray confirmed by Senate to lead FBI after Comey firing

Record ID: 904830

  • Title: Wray confirmed by Senate to lead FBI after Comey firing
  • Date: 1st August 2017
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JULY 12, 2017) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) CHRISTOPHER WRAY, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S NOMINEE TO HEAD THE FBI, ENTERING CONFIRMATION HEARING TIGHT SHOT WRAY WALKING TO SEAT VARIOUS OF WRAY TAKING OATH
  • Embargoed: 15th August 2017 22:51
  • Keywords: FBI vote Senate Wray Trump
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C, UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Lawmaking,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026SBTQ2V
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The U.S. Senate on Tuesday (August 1) confirmed former Justice Department lawyer Christopher Wray as FBI chief, nearly three months after the agency's previous director, James Comey, was fired by President Donald Trump.
    Wray, who was confirmed by vote of 92-5, will take charge of the country's top domestic law enforcement agency during a federal probe into allegations of collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia.
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