Veteran agent now acting FBI director pending Senate confirmation of Trump pick

Paul Abbate, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

The White House on Monday named a veteran agent to serve as acting FBI director after the official who had been expected to run the bureau on an interim basis following the departure of Christopher Wray retired after nearly 30 years.

Brian Driscoll was tapped to lead the FBI pending the Senate confirmation of Kash Patel, who is President Donald Trump’s pick for director.