He certainly will be, whether he wants to leave or not. At least Christopher Wray has decided to prepare for that inevitability, rather than operate on the absurd assumption that presidents cannot remove political appointees under their jurisdiction in an at-will employment situation.
Kerry Picket had the scoop two days ago at the Washington Times, but as I wrote on Monday, the writing was on the wall. Wray will leave to allow Donald Trump to appoint a successor, but naturally the Washington Post gets this wrong:
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray announced he would resign from his position at the end of the Biden administration, stepping down as the leader of the 35,000-person law enforcement bureau before President-elect Donald Trump takes office and can fire him.
Wray’s resignation comes seven years into his 10-year term — a tenure that is meant to span…
