It's Thursday, December 12th, and he wasn't willing to stay on Trump's unwanted list.

We start here.

Christopher Ray announces he will resign as FBI director.

He was not going to be the instrument of Trump's personal law enforcement.

This clears the way for the president-elect's handpicked choice to take

over. Police say they're no longer just relying on a photo. We were able to match that gun to the three

shell casings that we found in midtown. What cold hard evidence tells us about a suspected killer,

and what happens when phones are sent to detention?

The biggest challenge, of course, is keeping the focus of students on learning.

As more schools ban devices, who's more upset?

The students or the parents?

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

I'm Brad Milkey.

Since the infamous reign of J. Edgar Hoover, there have been seven FBI directors. For much of that time, it's been inconceivable that a president would try to get rid of them. Bill Clinton

dismissed one of them over ethics concerns back in 93,

but in general, it's just not done. Donald Trump has now served his president for four years.

He's about to serve four more, and yet it now appears he is responsible for not one, but two FBI directors,

leaving their posts. James Comey was unfair to the people of this country. I think what he did was a disgrace.

I think he goes down as the worst FBI director in history by far.

There's nobody close.

He infamously fired James Comey, and now, at Trump's own suggestion,

the current FBI director, Christopher Ray,

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