FBI局长Christopher Wray宣布2025年1月辞职：任期尚余近三年
2024年12月11日，美国联邦调查局（FBI）局长 Christopher Wray 在位于华盛顿的 FBI 总部向全员大会发表讲话，宣布他将在本届政府任期于2025年1月结束时辞职。Wray 的局长任期为10年，原定2027年届满，此次提前近三年离任。
Wray 在讲话中说：「经过数周慎重考虑，我决定，对联邦调查局来说正确的做法是，我服务到本届政府于1月结束任期为止，然后离任。」他表示，自己的目标是让全局专注于使命——「你们每天为美国人民所做的不可或缺的工作」，并称这是「避免把联邦调查局更深地拖入纷争、同时强化对我们工作方式至关重要的价值观与原则」的最佳方式。他还说：「这对我并不容易。我热爱这个地方，热爱我们的使命，也热爱我们的人——但我的关注点一直在于我们本身，在于为 FBI 做正确的事。」
Wray 2017年由时任总统特朗普提名并经参议院确认出任 FBI 局长，至今已任职七年多。他在讲话中回顾任内工作时称，FBI 有38,000名员工，遍布55个外勤办公室；他强调，无论局势如何变化，FBI 对核心价值的承诺、对独立性与客观性的坚持以及对法治的捍卫「绝对不能、也绝不允许改变」。
候任总统特朗普已于2024年11月30日宣布提名 Kash Patel 接任 FBI 局长。Patel 当日表示期待平稳交接、将在就任第一天做好服务美国人民的准备。司法部长 Merrick Garland 当日发表声明，称赞 Wray 以正直与才干领导 FBI。
（来源：美国联邦调查局）
FBI Director Christopher Wray Announces He Will Step Down in January 2025
On December 11, 2024, Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), addressed an all-employee town hall at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and announced that he will step down when the current administration ends in January 2025. FBI directors serve 10-year terms; Wray's term was not due to expire until 2027, so he is leaving nearly three years early.
"So after weeks of careful thought, I've decided the right thing for the Bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current Administration in January and then step down," Wray said. His goal, he said, is "to keep the focus on our mission — the indispensable work you're doing on behalf of the American people every day," and, in his view, "this is the best way to avoid dragging the Bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work." He added: "This is not easy for me. I love this place, I love our mission, and I love our people — but my focus is, and always has been, on us and doing what's right for the FBI."
Wray was nominated by then-President Trump in 2017 and confirmed by the Senate; he had served as director for more than seven years. Reviewing the Bureau's work, he noted that the FBI has 38,000 employees across 55 field offices, and he stressed that whatever changes, the Bureau's commitment to its core values, its dedication to independence and objectivity, and its defense of the rule of law "absolutely cannot — must not — change."
President-elect Trump had announced on November 30, 2024, that he would nominate Kash Patel to succeed Wray as FBI director. Patel said the same day that he looked forward to a smooth transition and would be ready to serve on day one. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a statement the same day praising Wray for leading the FBI with integrity and skill.
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation)
来源：美国联邦调查局
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图片来源：图：美国联邦调查局局长 Christopher Wray 官方肖像。美国联邦调查局发布，公共领域。 / Photo: Official portrait of FBI Director Christopher Wray. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, public domain.
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