Trump announces plan to nominate Kash Patel as FBI Director, replacing Wray

President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 30, 2024, that he intended to nominate Kash Patel to replace Christopher Wray as FBI Director. Patel had publicly called for gutting the FBI's senior ranks and pledged to shut down FBI headquarters and reopen it as a museum of the deep state. Wray had three years remaining on his 10-year term and would need to resign or be fired to create a vacancy.