GOP Senator Backs Current FBI Director Over Patel

December 2, 2024 Politics, Republicans

Republican Sen. Mike Rounds emphasized his support for current FBI Director Christopher Wray after President-elect Donald Trump announced he intended to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the department’s top job. “I think the president picked a very good man to be the director of the FBI when he did that in his first term,” Rounds told ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl about Wray.

“When we meet with him behind closed doors, I’ve had no objections to the way that he’s handled himself, and so I don’t have any complaints about the way that he’s done his job right now. The president has the right to make nominations, but normally these are for a 10-year term,” Rounds explained. “We’ll see what his process is and whether he actually makes that nomination.”

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GOP Sen. Mike Rounds emphasizes support for current FBI director Christopher Wray, whom President-elect Donald Trump intends to fire and replace with the loyalist Kash Patel.

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