(CNN) When the White House opened up a new line of attack Friday on President Donald Trump's hand-picked FBI director, it might have seemed like a precursor to another dismissal. Yet there are no indications Trump is preparing to fire another FBI director in the weeks before the election, even as he openly vents about Wray and his litany of perceived faults. Comey had accused Trump of asking him to pledge his loyalty, which Trump has denied. Aides said that in naming Wray, Trump was hoping for a leader who could, in his view, reform the agency's culture and speak out against what Trump believes are its abuses of power. Still, it was clear from the start that after firing Comey, Trump was looking for an FBI director of a different mold who would act more explicitly in his favor.

Source: CNN September 25, 2020 20:48 UTC