Trump says Wray resignation 'great day for America,' touts Kash Patel as 'most qualified' to lead FBI
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President-elect Trump said Christopher Wray's resignation is a “great day for America," telling Fox News Digital it “will end the weaponization" of the FBI, while touting his nominee Kash Patel as the “most qualified" to lead the bureau.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
"The resignation of Christopher Wray is a great day for America as it will end the weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice," Trump told Fox News Digital. "I just don’t know what happened to him."
Trump said his administration "will now restore the rule of law for all Americans."
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