Christopher A. Wray
| Christopher A. Wray | |
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| 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
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Assumed office August 2, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Andrew McCabe |
| Preceded by | James Comey |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division | |
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In office 2003–2005 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Michael Chertoff |
| Succeeded by | Alice S. Fisher |
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Christopher Asher Wray December 17, 1966 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Garrison Howell (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Yale University (BA, JD) |
Christopher Asher Wray (born December 17, 1966) is an American lawyer currently serving as the eighth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. From 2003 to 2005, he served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division under the George W. Bush administration. From 2005 to 2017, he was a litigation partner with the law firm King & Spalding. On June 7, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Wray to be director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2017, with a vote of 92–5. He was sworn in on August 2, 2017.
Christopher Wray was born in New York City. He attended the Buckley School in New York City and the private boarding school Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. In 1989, Wray graduated cum laude from Yale University, then earned his J.D. degree in 1992 at Yale Law School. While at Yale, Wray was the executive editor of the Yale Law Journal. Wray spent a year clerking for Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Wray joined the government in 1997 as an assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2001, he moved to the Justice Department as associate Deputy Attorney General and principal associate Deputy Attorney General.
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