On Wednesday afternoon, ABC and NBC broke in with network special reports to share that FBI Director Christopher Wray told employees he’d be resigning prior to President-Elect Trump’s inauguration on January 20.
This left journalists like NBC’s Ken Dilanian despondent, blasting Trump’s “controversial,” “hardline,” and “provocative” selection of Kash Patel to replace him after he did “more…than” anyone to force Americans to distrust the bureau.
NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt tossed to the one-time Fusion GPS tool, lamenting Wray is stepping down and might lead the way for the “controversial” Patel.
Dilanian first kvetched that Wray gave into those who “counselled Mr. Wray that it would be better for the FBI workforce if he left on his own accord” and not those “urg[ing]” him “to force Mr. Trump to fire him, to…
