After Congress rejected his previous attempt to choose an attorney from his own personal law firm, Joe Lieberman of Kasowitz, Benson, and Torres, LLP, now Trump has chosen the next best thing, an attorney from the law firm Chris Christie hired, who helped keep Christie out of jail over Bridgegate:
More recently, Wray acted as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s personal attorney during the federal investigation into lane closures on the George Washington Bridge that were put in place by members of Christie’s administration as political retribution for a mayor who did not support the governor’s reelection campaign.
Wray was one of two candidates, along with John Pistole, a former TSA administrator and deputy FBI director, that Trump interviewed last week for the position. Former Sen. Joe Liberman was at one point believed to be the front-runner for the job but later withdrew himself from consideration while the president was abroad.
Trump has been in search of a new head for the FBI since last month, when he fired then-Director James Comey. The White House’s initial explanation for the surprise firing centered around a recommendation from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who pilloried the director’s unusually public handling of the bureau’s investigation into the personal email server maintained by Hillary Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state.
But Trump undercut that explanation days later in an interview with NBC News, in which he said he had already made up his mind to fire Comey before meeting with Rosenstein and that he had made the decision with the bureau’s ongoing Russia investigation on his mind.
Of course Wray’s firm represents Trump’s business interests too, how else could he expect loyalty?