President Donald Trump picked Christopher Wray, a former assistant attorney general, to be director of the FBI on Wednesday, announcing the decision to the world via Twitter.

Trump made the announcement on Wednesday morning, bypassing more formal rollout procedures.

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Wray is currently a litigation partner at King and Spalding, and represented New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, during Christie’s so-called Bridgegate scandal. In that scandal, Christie’s two lieutenants closed down a lane of a bridge that led into New York City, allegedly to punish the mayor of the New Jersey city affected most by the closure.

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He served in the administration of President George W. Bush, as assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice, from 2003 to 2005.

If confirmed by the Senate, Wray would replace acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who took over after Trump fired James Comey.

Wray, 49, is still largely unknown to many pundits, despite some high-profile prosecutions he did during the Bush administration. Wray took the lead in going after Enron Corp., a Houston energy company that engaged in widespread fraud during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

That role should ease fears that the new director would be a person who would politicize the FBI. Easing the concerns of FBI agents was a key goal for Trump in making the new pick.

Wray graduated from Yale University in 1989, according to The New York Times. He then graduated from Yale Law School in 1992.

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But Wray’s background as a top attorney lacks an investigative aspect outside of the law. This concerns James Kallstrom, a former assistant director of the FBI. Kallstrom said the name of the FBI invokes an investigative mission, not a legal mission.

“The bureau needs to be representative of the American people, not a particular administration,” said Kallstrom, speaking to LifeZette on Wednesday morning.

Kallstrom noted that not one person was interviewed by the FBI during the IRS scandal, during which the tax agency withheld tax-exempt status from conservative-leaning groups. Kallstrom said he wants a FBI director to be more proactive in going after such scandals.

But overall, Wray appears to be a qualified pick, said Kallstrom and other experts contacted by LifeZette, even if they are completely familiar with his background.

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“Chris is a wonderful choice to lead the F.B.I. who cares deeply about the institution and already has strong relationships with the FBI,” said Alice Fisher, who followed Mr. Wray as chief of the Justice Department criminal division and was also interviewed to be F.B.I. director, in an email to The New York Times. “His background at the helm of the criminal division offered an excellent experience working on national security, white-collar crime, and a range of federal crimes.”

Wray’s pick comes after a month of tumult for Trump, following his sudden and shocking termination of May 9 of former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump became disillusioned with Comey for not pursuing leaks enough, while Comey seemed to be engaged fully with the Russian hacking investigation. Trump believes the Russian hacking investigation is an exaggerated issue, at least as far as collusion between Russia and his 2016 campaign is concerned.