On russia, hacking and leaks. Bill team fox coverage for you today. Catherine herridge inside the hearing room on the hill. Christ stirewalt standing by and we begin with doug mcelway. What can we report about the president s new nominee . Announcement came by twitter at 7 45 this morning saying i will be nominating Christopher Wray to be the new director of f. B. I. , details to follow. He is a partner in the law firm of king and spalding where he specializes in white collar crime. He graduated from Yale University in 1989 and yale law in 1992. 1997 joined the u. S. Attorneys office in the Northern District of georgia. In 2001 he was appointed by president george w. Bush to associate attorney general under john ashcroft. He spearheaded the prosecution of the first ceo to be tried under the oxley. They lied, they cooked the books and filed false Financial Statements with the sec. He has brought experience in private practice and department of justice but no experience in the f. B. I. ,
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