Washington (CNN)FBI Director Christopher Wray felt so much pressure from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to make staffing changes among the senior ranks at the FBI that he threatened to resign from his post, a source familiar with the conversation tells CNN.
Sessions communicated to Wray, who was hand-picked by President Donald Trump and sworn in in August, that he needed a fresh start with his senior team at the FBI, the source said. Sessions specifically suggested the bureau's deputy director, Andrew McCabe, and its top lawyer, James Baker.
It is not clear if Sessions explicitly told Wray to fire the two men or simply reassign them, according to the source. Wray, in turn, threatened to quit if McCabe was removed or reassigned from his post. Baker was reassigned late last year.
Sessions communicated to Wray, who was hand-picked by President Donald Trump and sworn in in August, that he needed a fresh start with his senior team at the FBI, the source said. Sessions specifically suggested the bureau's deputy director, Andrew McCabe, and its top lawyer, James Baker.
It is not clear if Sessions explicitly told Wray to fire the two men or simply reassign them, according to the source. Wray, in turn, threatened to quit if McCabe was removed or reassigned from his post. Baker was reassigned late last year.
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