Perhaps, like in corporate america, you need to build a documented case before you can fire him. The documented case for Wray would be- 1. found out from CNN of all places that Wray did this instead of following EO #1234. 2. Found out from MSNBC of all places, that Wray did not inform the Executive of issue X, instead of following Law 123 as he was required to.
If they built a case like this, citing the things that have been done unlawfully in a clear manner, firing him becomes a non issue. You can then stand in front of the Senators and Congressmen and read the list of why it was done, with item after item. In Wray’s case, this list would be quite long.
Maybe none of this matters. Employment law outside of government is mostly understandable. Inside the government its like a good ole boys club.
Yeah except he has zero rights to that job and is fully an at will employee. He can be fired simply because the president has no confidence in him.