FBI Director Ray to resign next month due to pressure from Trump

In response to the de facto "pressure on the next president of the United States, Donald Trump, to step down," FBI Director Christopher Wray resigned on the 11th (local time) to coincide with the inauguration of the Trump administration.
According to Reuters and other sources, Wray told staff on the same day that this was a step toward avoiding embroiling the FBI in deeper conflicts and that this was a key value in how we work.
"This is the best way to strengthen the principles," he said. Wray was appointed in 2017 during President-elect Trump's first term. His term runs until 2027.
With more than two years left in the Trump administration, he chose to step down after President-elect Trump announced he would appoint "loyalist" Kathy Patel, former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, as the next FBI director.
Foreign media reports that in 2022, his Mar-a-Lago, Florida home will be subject to a search and seizure investigation in connection with the allegations that the FBI, led by Director Wray, took out classified documents of President-elect Trump.
In July of this year, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court ruled that former presidents have broad criminal immunity for their official acts while in office, and
The case was dismissed, but Trump remains critical of Wray and the FBI.