ETHICS/FBI/NOMINATIONS: “President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, Christopher Wray, is worth more than $23 million and will recuse himself from any investigation in which his law firm represents a party, according to ethics disclosures provided on Monday [7-11-17].
Mr. Wray, a former senior Justice Department official, has spent the past decade as a private lawyer at the firm King & Spalding. He made $9.2 million there since January 2016, according to his financial disclosure form.
Mr. Wray lists a total of 20 clients who paid him more than $5,000 each since January 2015, including Johnson & Johnson, Wells Fargo & Co., Chevron , Fan Duel Inc. and Draft Kings Inc., Alcatel-Lucent SA, Credit Suisse Group AG and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
The nominee has been running a ‘special matters’ group at King & Spalding, representing companies and individuals in government investigations.”
-Aruna Viswanatha, “FBI Nominee Christopher Wray Earned $9.2 Million at Law Firm Since January 2016,” The Wall Street Journal online, July 10, 2017 02:56pm