FBI chief Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray told bureau employees on Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of the current administration. 

Trump recently announced that he plans to nominate Kash Patel as the next FBI director, intending to replace the current director Wray, before Wray's 10-year term ends.

Trump nominated Wray in 2017, after the then-president fired James Comey as FBI director.

During Trump's first term, Patel served as chief of staff at the U.S. Defense Department, deputy director of National Intelligence, and senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council.