Born in New York City on December 17, 1966, Christopher A. Wray (born Christopher Asher Wray) is the eighth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Find out the latest information on Christopher A. Wray’s job, family, dating/affairs, height, age, and physical characteristics. Find Out How Much Money He Has This Year and How Much He Spends? Discover how, at the age of 57, he made the majority of his net worth as well.
| Popular As | Christopher Asher Wray |
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| Age | 57 years old |
| Net Worth | $1 Million – $5 Million |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | 17 December, 1966 |
| Birthday | 17 December |
| Birthplace | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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Timeline
Wray was interviewed by ABC News on December 9, 2019, after the DoJ inspector general’s report on the beginnings of the Russia probe was made public. “I think that’s the kind of label that’s a disservice to the men and women who work at the FBI who I think tackle their jobs with professionalism, with rigor, with objectivity, and with courage,” Wray said in response to questions regarding accusations that the FBI and its agents are part of the “deep state” during the interview. Therefore, I would never refer to our workforce in that way, and I believe it to be offensive to them.” He declared that he did not think the FBI investigation unfairly singled out the Trump campaign. Additionally, he refuted the disproven conspiracy claim that
“As far as the [2020] election itself goes, we think Russia represents the most significant threat,” and “Ukraine meddled in the 2016 presidential election.” The following day, Trump attacked Wray for this, saying that he would “never be able to fix the FBI.”
Senator Marco Rubio [R-FL] questioned Wray on February 13, 2018, during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Chinese espionage in the US, regarding the threat presented by Chinese students enrolled in advanced science and math programs. Wray responded by saying that “nontraditional collectors”—explicitly defined as academics, scientists, and students—are “exploiting the extremely open research and development environment that we have” and that as a result, he saw the risk as “not only a whole of government concern but a menace to the entire society. In remarks, Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Judy Chu (D-CA) criticized Wray’s response, calling it “irresponsible generalizations” that suggested all Chinese researchers and students were spies. In an open letter to Wray, a coalition of Asian American advocacy groups requested a conversation “to discuss how well-intentioned public policies might nonetheless lead to troubling issues of potential bias, racial profiling, and wrongful prosecution.” Wray reiterated his prior statements in a second interview with NBC, saying, “To be clear, we do not open investigations based on race, ethnicity, or national origin.” However, every time we launch a probe into economic espionage, the trail always leads back to China.”
President Donald Trump made known on June 7, 2017, that he intended to nominate Wray to succeed James Comey as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Comey was fired by Trump on May 9, 2017. Then-Press Secretary Sean Spicer claimed that on May 30, 2017, Trump conducted an interview with Wray for the position of FBI Director. On July 12, 2017, the Senate confirmation hearing for Wray got underway. Among other things, he said that he didn’t think the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential ties to Trump’s campaign was a “witch hunt.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly recommended on July 20, 2017, that Wray be confirmed as the next Director of the FBI. On August 1, 2017, Wray was formally confirmed by the Senate with 92–5 votes from both parties. On August 2, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions administered the oath to him in a discreet ceremony. On September 28, 2017, Wray was sworn in formally. President Trump did not attend the ceremony, making it the first time an FBI director has been sworn in without the president who nominated him being present.
Wray made a lot more money than he did as the FBI Director, working for King & Spalding and earning $9.2 million. Based on an estimate from the Wall Street
Journal, Wray’s estimated net worth for 2017 was between $23 and $42 million.
Wray was given the Justice Department’s highest honor for leadership and public service in 2005—the Edmund J. Randolph Award.
In 2005, Wray became a litigation partner at King & Spalding, working out of the firm’s offices in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Wray chaired the King & Spalding Government Investigations and Special Matters Practice Group in addition to representing a number of Fortune 100 businesses. Wray represented New Jersey Governor Chris Christie personally during the Bridgegate crisis while he was employed at King & Spalding.
President George W. Bush nominated Wray on June 9, 2003, to be the 33rd Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. On September 11, 2003, Wray was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. Under Deputy Attorney General James Comey, Wray served as Assistant Attorney General from 2003 to 2005. Wray oversaw well-known fraud investigations, including as the Enron scandal, while leading the Criminal Division. Garrett M. Graff disclosed in a May 30, 2013 Washingtonian.com article that Wray was among the top Justice Department officials who came dangerously close to resigning in 2004 due to illegal surveillance methods the Bush administration had implemented as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program, along with then-FBI Director Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General James Comey. March 2005 saw Wray
declared that he would be leaving his position. May 17, 2005, was his last day working for the Justice Department.
As an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Wray began working for the government in 1997. He transferred to the Justice Department in 2001, holding the positions of Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General and Associate Deputy Attorney General.
Wray went to the exclusive boarding school Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, as well as the Buckley School in New York City. Wray then enrolled at Yale University in 1989, where he graduated with honors in 1989 with a B.A. in philosophy. He also received his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1992. Wray oversaw the Yale Law Journal as Executive Editor while attending Yale Law. Following legal graduation
After graduating from college, Wray worked as a clerk for United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig for a year.
In 1989, Wray tied the knot with Yale classmate Helen Garrison Howell. They reside in Georgia and have a son named Trip and a daughter named Caroline.
The birthplace of Christopher A. Wray is New York City. Cecil A. Wray Jr., his father, practiced law at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York after graduating from Yale Law School and Vanderbilt University. From 1971 until 1973, T. Cecil Wray, his paternal grandfather, served as Brentwood, Tennessee’s city manager. Taylor Malone, his paternal great-grandfather, co-founded and served as president of Malone & Hyde, “one of the South’s largest wholesale grocery stores,” and he too attended Vanderbilt University.
businesses.” As a representative of the Bureau of Air Commerce, his maternal grandpa Samuel E. Gates “helped shape the laws that govern national and international airline flights”.
US attorney Christopher Asher Wray was born on December 17, 1966, and has been the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) seventh director since 2017. Wray headed the Criminal Division as the Assistant Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration from 2003 to 2005. He worked as a litigation partner at King & Spalding from 2005 to 2016.
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