Senators will likely ask Wray about where his loyalty will lie as head of the FBI in the Trump administration.
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FBI Director nominee Christopher Wray appears before the Senate on Wednesday, set to face questions about how he would fill a role that President Donald Trump abruptly opened last month.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will likely ask Wray, a 50-year-old white-collar lawyer and former assistant attorney general, about where his loyalty will lie as head of the FBI.
Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey in May amid a federal probe into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow. Trump later said he ousted Comey over the „Russia thing.“
Comey testified that Trump asked him for loyalty shortly after taking office and later made a statement that Comey interpreted as a request to „drop“ an investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn. Trump has denied making those statements.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, a special counsel appointed by the Department of Justice, is currently overseeing the federal Russia probe.
