Wray gets Senate nod for FBI top post

2 August 2017, 18:00 PM

UPDATED 3 August 2017, 02:03 AM

Afp, Washington

The US Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Christopher Wray, a criminal lawyer, as the new director of the FBI on Tuesday, three months after President Donald Trump fired his predecessor James Comey. Senators voted 92-5 to confirm him.

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