FBI Director Chris Wray will step down from his post early next year, he said on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump signaled his intent to fire the veteran official and replace him with firebrand Kash Patel.

A lawyer by trade, Patel briefly served in the Justice Department during the Obama administration before moving to the House after Trump took office, spending two years as senior

President-elect Trump said Christopher Wray's resignation is a “great day for America," telling Fox News Digital it “will end the weaponization" of the FBI, while touting his nominee Kash Patel as the “most qualified" to lead the bureau.