According to Office of Government Ethics documents released Monday, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Christopher Wray, provided legal services to several major corporations including Johnson & Johnson and Chevron, in addition to his extensive legal work at an international law firm. The ethics and financial disclosure documents also show Wray made $9.24 million as part of his annual partnership share at King & Spalding.
Wray is slated to go before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday for his confirmation hearing, he will have to step down from his firm for a year unless he obtains a waiver.
Lee Lofthus, a top Justice Department official, wrote to the Office of Government Ethics in Wray’s ethics agreement June 29. “For a period of one year after his resignation, he also will not participate personally and substantially in any particular matter involving specific parties in which he knows the firm is a party or represents a party unless he is first authorized to participate”.
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