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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump starts the firing even before his term begins

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing Oct. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) ** FILE **

FBI Director Christopher Wray says he’ll resign at the end of Biden’s term next month

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 24, 2020. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)

FBI Director Christopher Wray preparing to resign

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., left, questions Kimberly Cheatle, then-Director of U.S. Secret Service, right, during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump, on Capitol Hill, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Washington. The House GOP lawmaker says the FBI is stonewalling information about the first assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump and he is now considering issuing a subpoena for FBI Director Christopher Wray to answer questions. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

House Republican threatens to subpoena FBI chief Wray over unanswered Trump assassination questions

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray listens during a meeting of the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

FBI, U.S. agencies say they disrupted Chinese hackers targeting American consumers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies before a House committee about the July 13 shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, on Capitol Hill. Wray said that the FBI will "leave no stone unturned" in its investigation of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FBI director reopens old wounds as bureau asks whether Trump was hit with bullet

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FBI hasn’t interviewed Trump about assassination attempt

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House committee about the July 13 shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Wednesday, July 24, 2024, on Capitol Hill. Wray said that the FBI will "leave no stone unturned" in its investigation of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump shooter was ‘avid’ gun hobbyist who zeroed in on former president a week before attack

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A massive blaze is seen over the Crocus City Hall concert venue on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 22, 2024. The attack on the venue that killed over 140 people marked a major failure of Russian security agencies. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP, File)

FBI nervous about Russian-style concert terrorist attack in U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Butler Farm Show, site of the Saturday, July 13, 2024, Trump campaign rally, is shown Monday, July 15, 2024, in Butler, Pa. That Saturday, Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump was wounded during an assassination attempt while speaking at the rally. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Trump shooter flew drone just two hours before assassination attempt, says FBI chief

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House committee about the shooting July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Wednesday, July 24, 2024, on Capitol Hill. Wray said that the FBI will "leave no stone unturned" in its investigation of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FBI Director Wray says Trump questionnaire not created by bureau official

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Covered in prayer shawls, Jewish men pray during the holiday of Passover, in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

FBI monitoring anti-Jewish threats ahead of Passover, Wray tells security group

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, provided by Morton County Sheriff's Department, law enforcement and protesters clash near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Cannon Ball, N.D. A federal judge in North Dakota has dismissed the excessive-force lawsuit of a New York woman who was injured in an explosion during the protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. (Morton County Sheriff's Department via AP) **FILE**

House Republicans probe ecoterrorism threat against America’s energy infrastructure

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

This June 19, 2017, photo shows a person working on a laptop in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) **FILE**

Congress takes up fight over snooping; security officials oppose changes to federal spy powers

By Stephen Dinan and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, testifies during the Senate Armed Services hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, May 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Intel chief: China’s economic woes increase danger of war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Beijing engaged in ‘critical buildout’ of offensive cyber tools, FBI Director Wray warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during an Oct. 13, 2020, hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) ** FILE **

FBI deleted records related to anti-Catholic memo, GOP lawmakers say

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a toast after delivering his speech at a dinner marking the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool, File)

Chinese hackers target infrastructure; cyberattack efforts threaten to spread chaos, confusion

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 5, 2023. Wray is preparing to tell House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Chinese hackers are determined to ‘wreak havoc’ on U.S. critical infrastructure, FBI director warns

By Didi Tang and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FBI’s Wray says nobody was fired for anti-Catholic memo, but some could miss out on raises

By Kerry Picket and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times