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Salon
Politics
Nicholas Liu

Vance accidentally confirms FBI shakeup

Vice President-elect JD Vance revealed in a since-deleted post on X that he and President-elect Donald Trump are interviewing candidates for FBI director, which all but confirms that the current director, Christopher Wray, an appointee from Trump's first term in office, is about to get fired.

The post came shortly after the Wall Street Journal editorial board criticized Vance for missing Senate votes while President Joe Biden's judicial nominees get through the upper chamber.

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