WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he will nominate former Justice Department official Christopher A. Wray to be the new director of the FBI.
Trump said Wray is "a man of impeccable credentials."
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No other information was contained in the two-sentence tweet that ends, "Details to follow."
Wray emerged from a list of former prosecutors, politicians and law enforcement officials interviewed by Trump since the president fired FBI Director James Comey last month.
Wray works at the King & Spalding law firm. He represented New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during the investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case. Two former Christie aides were convicted of plotting to close bridge lanes to punish a Democratic mayor who wouldn't endorse the Republican governor.
Wray worked for the Justice Department under President George W. Bush.
The announcement comes a day before Comey will testify before Congress.
Sources told CNN that Comey will dispute Trump's interpretation of their conversations. Trump has made a blanket claim that Comey told him multiple times that he was not under investigation.
In his letter to Comey firing him, Trump raised the Russia investigation and asserted that: "...I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation." The White House has not provided details of when those three conversations allegedly took place.
I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2017
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