According to The Washington Times, FBI Director Christopher Wray intends to resign on or before Inauguration Day. The outlet reports that Wray does not want to get fired by President Trump. “He’s going to be gone at the inauguration. On or before the inauguration,” a source said, according to The Washington Times. FBI Director Christopher Wray preparing to resignhttps://t.co/3IYjlz3UPk pic.twitter.com/2hVyMMkZE7 — The Washington Times (@WashTimes) December 10, 2024 GREAT News…Chris Wray plans to resign. Good Riddance, Traitor. pic.twitter.com/XSrkVge84o — Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) December 10, 2024 From The Washington Times: Following Mr. Wray’s departure, Deputy Director Paul Abbate will become acting director and appoint an acting deputy director. Mr. Abbate’s original plan was to stay until May or June so he could help with the transition to a new FBI director. Kash Patel, Mr. Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is meeting Republican senators on Capitol Hill this week. Mr. Patel, who has served as the defense secretary’s chief of staff and senior adviser to the National Security Council, was tapped by Mr. Trump to shake up the FBI management. Mr. Wray knew his days were numbered at the FBI. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican who will become chairman of the Judiciary Committee next month, sent a scathing letter Monday to Mr. Wray saying he should be ousted before his 10-year term as FBI director is up — and he said Mr. Abbate should go, too. “For the good of the country, it’s time for you and your deputy to move on to the next chapter in your lives,” Grassley wrote, according to The Hill. “I therefore must express my vote of no confidence in your continued leadership of the FBI. President-elect Trump has already announced his intention to nominate a candidate to replace you, and the Senate will carefully consider that choice,” he added. “Reform is badly needed at the FBI. It’s time 2 shake things up,” Grassley wrote on X. Reform is badly needed at the FBI It’s time 2 shake things up pic.twitter.com/w9FxE9yS9d — Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) December 9, 2024 The Hill reports: Grassley framed the letter as an “opportunity to tell you where you went wrong, for the benefit of the Bureau and that of your successor.” Much of the letter complains about how the FBI handled the investigations into President-elect Trump and Hillary Clinton, matters that predated Wray’s leadership of the FBI. Grassley also criticized the search of Trump’s home ahead of the Justice Department bringing its classified documents case against him, complaining that “no such raid took place at Hillary Clinton’s premises, even though she and her staff mishandled highly classified information.” Grassley complained that “no such raid” occurred at President Biden’s house during his classified documents probe. Biden, however, was the one who alerted authorities to the documents, whereas Trump resisted multiple times when asked to return the records recovered from his home.