{"id":2374991,"date":"2024-12-01T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sullivan-wants-wray-to-complete-fbi-director-term-over-patel-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:48:57","slug":"sullivan-wants-wray-to-complete-fbi-director-term-over-patel-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sullivan-wants-wray-to-complete-fbi-director-term-over-patel-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sullivan wants Wray to complete FBI director term over Patel &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsullivan-wants-wray-to-complete-fbi-director-term-over-patel-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2374991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>National Security Adviser Jake\u200b Sullivan stated that FBI \u2064Director Christopher Wray \u2062should complete \u200bhis term following President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s nomination of Kash Patel to\u2064 lead the FBI. \u2062Wray, who was appointed\u2064 by Trump \u200band retained by President Biden, has three years\u2062 remaining \u2063in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-candidate-flips-wisconsin-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Soros-Backed Candidate Flips Wisconsin Supreme Court\">ten-year term<\/a>. Sullivan emphasized the importance of maintaining the tradition of FBI directors \u200dserving their full \u200dterms \u200cto \u2064uphold the agency&#8217;s \u200bindependence from political \u2062influence. \u2062On NBC News, he reiterated that the Biden administration prefers Wray to finish\u200d his \u2064term and adhere to this norm \u2064of political \u2063neutrality. \u200dSullivan also highlighted the unique role \u200dof\u2063 the \u2062FBI director within \u2063the U.S. government, contrasting it with Trump&#8217;s past decision to fire former FBI director James Comey during \u200bhis first term.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jake Sullivan wants Wray to complete term after Trump taps Patel to lead FBI<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1882921\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>National security adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jake-sullivan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jake Sullivan<\/a> said FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Christopher-Wray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Christopher Wray<\/a> should finish the remainder of his term as President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> said he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3246212\/trump-selects-kash-patel-as-fbi-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">nominating<\/a> Kash Patel for the role.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Wray, a Trump appointee President Joe Biden did not remove, has three years left to serve in his ten-year term. Sullivan said&nbsp;that while he would not&nbsp;respond directly to Patel&rsquo;s nomination, the Biden administration prefers Wray finish his term to follow precedent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3220510\/how-trump-could-impact-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW TRUMP COULD IMPACT THE PENTAGON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We, the Biden administration, adhere to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-dangerous-precedent\/\" title=\"A Dangerous Precedent\">long-standing norm<\/a> that FBI directors serve out their full terms because the FBI director is a unique player in the American government system,&rdquo; Sullivan said on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> on Sunday. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re appointed for ten-year terms, not terms just for the duration of a given president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We would like to ensure that the FBI remains an independent institution insulated away from politics,&rdquo; Sullivan added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3154530\/biden-trying-shape-legacy-with-months-left-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW BIDEN IS TRYING TO SHAPE HIS LEGACY WITH JUST MONTHS LEFT IN OFFICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When speaking on CNN&rsquo;s <em>State of the Union<\/em> the same day, Sullivan again emphasized the long-standing tradition of keeping the FBI politically neutral by having FBI directors serve their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">full ten-year terms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in his first term, fired then-FBI director James Comey less than four years into Comey&rsquo;s term. The GOP leader then nominated Wray to take over his post. Wray was confirmed by the Senate by a 92&ndash;5 vote.<\/p>\n<p>Wray suggested in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-preparing-possible-forced-exit-trump-rcna179684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">interview<\/a> with NBC News this spring that he&rsquo;d like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3237516\/three-trump-appointees-stayed-biden-remain-roles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">stay in his job<\/a> if Trump won, as long as the FBI can maintain its longstanding standards of not bringing politics into its investigations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As long as I think I can continue doing that in a way that adheres to all those rules and norms, it&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;d like to keep doing,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/fbi-director-rejects-trumps-vow-investigate-political-rivals-rcna149056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have, however, accused the FBI of indeed acting politically in its investigations, prompting their calls for changes within the agency and the nomination of Patel to oversee this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1882921\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1882921\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sullivan urges Wray to finish his term amid Patel&#8217;s nomination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2374992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24115688772726-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36083,11636,6700,16521],"class_list":["post-2374991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fbi-director","tag-patel","tag-sullivan","tag-wray"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24115688772726-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374995,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374991\/revisions\/2374995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}