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.
