New York Occasions: “By stepping down now, because the conservative author Erick Erickson noticed, Wray has created a ‘authorized impediment to Trump attempting to bypass the Senate affirmation course of.’”
“Right here’s why. In line with the Vacancies Reform Act, if a emptiness happens in a Senate-confirmed place, the president can quickly substitute that appointee (such because the F.B.I. director) solely with an individual who has already obtained Senate affirmation or with an individual who’s served in a senior capability within the company (on the GS-15 pay scale) for at the least 90 days within the 12 months earlier than the resignation.”
“Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s chosen successor on the F.B.I., meets neither of those standards. He’s not in a Senate-confirmed place, and he’s not been a senior federal worker within the Division of Justice within the final 12 months. Meaning he can’t stroll into the job on Day 1.”
