Trump made the announcement via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, coming just one day before former FBI Director James Comey, whom he fired last month, is set to testify in before the Senate.
“I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow,” Trump tweeted.
Wray, a litigation attorney and former assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department’s criminal division from 2003 to 2005, under former President George .W. Bush.
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Wray is also a partner of Washington DC-based law firm King & Spalding, where he chairs the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations