Senate confirms Christopher Wray as Trump FBI Director

By Chris Eger

Christopher Wray was confirmed 92-5 this week by the Senate. (Photo: CSPAN)
Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Christopher Wray sailed through an easy confirmation vote in the Senate on Tuesday to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Nominated by President Trump in June, Wray, 50, was approved 92-5 with a mixed bag of Democrats casting “no” votes and two Republicans, U.S. Sens. John McCain and Richard Burr, not voting.
A Yale Law School graduate, Wray served in a number of Justice Department positions including as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and the assistant attorney general in charge of the DOJ’s Criminal Division under President George W. Bush, with the latter position bringing unanimous confirmation from the Senate in 2003. Wray left public service two years later and has been in private practice ever since, including involvement in some cases that drew scorn from the American Civil Liberties Union and others.
During hearings earlier this month before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wray was asked a myriad of questions by the panel with Connecticut’s Sen. Richard Blumenthal pressing the nominee on the subject of gun control.
“Let me switch to a different topic, you have mentioned the scourge of gun violence in

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