Republican South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds told ABC News on Sunday that FBI Director Christopher Wray is a “good man,” even though President-elect Donald Trump plans to fire him. She said she had “no complaints” about his work performance.
President Trump on Saturday announced his selection of former Chief of Defense Staff Kash Patel to head the FBI. On ABC News' “This Week,” co-host Jonathan Karl began by asking the congressman about his initial reaction to President Trump's nomination; He pointed out that this is not only the president's right, but also the right of the president. The president wants loyalists on his team. (Related: Democratic House flatly denies “evidence'' that FBI used weapons against “a political party'')
“I also want to let you all know, Chris Wray, you know, who the president nominated in the first place. I think the president chose a very good person to be director of the FBI in his first term. “When I met with him behind closed doors, I had no objections to his demeanor. So I have no complaints about the way he's doing his job now,” Lowndes said.
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“Again, the president has the right to nominate, but typically the term is 10 years. We'll see what his process is and whether he actually makes that nomination.” I want to,” Lowndes said. “And if he does, the president gets the benefit of the doubt on the nomination after they are nominated by the president, just like any other person nominated to any of these posts. But we is still going through a process, and that process includes advice and consent, and for the Senate, that sometimes means advice and consent.”
Republicans have repeatedly criticized Wray over the years, and all 2024 Republican presidential candidates except former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have called for firing the director, implementing structural reforms or dismantling the agency entirely. I am pledging to do one or the other.
Patel has also long been vocal in his criticism of the weaponization of the surveillance state, and in a recent podcast he discussed what he would do if he took on the role of director general.
“I would shut down the FBI Hoover Building on day one and reopen it as a deep state museum the next day,” Patel said in the article. interview. “I'd like to take the 7,000 people who work in that building and send them across America to track down criminals.”
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