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BY MAX KUTNER ON 5/24/17 AT 2:41 PM
Before leaving for his overseas trip, President Donald Trump told reporters that he would nominate a new FBI director very soon and that former Senator Joe Lieberman was a top pick. But the president is no closer to naming a replacement for James Comey, whom he fired on May 9, CNN reported on Wednesday.
The search team the White House appointed to find a new director has hit reset, according to CNN, citing an unnamed senior administration official. The press offices of the White House and the Department of Justice did not respond to Newsweeks requests for comment on the report.
When President Bill Clinton fired FBI Director William Sessions in July 1993, the only other time in the bureaus history that a president dismissed a director, Clinton nominated his replacement the next day. After two weeks, the Senate confirmed the replacement, Louis Freeh, and he was sworn in about a month after that. But Trumps search seems to have stalled. At least five contenders have withdrawn their names from consideration for the position: former Assistant United States Attorney General Alice Fisher, New York State Court of Appeals Associate Judge Michael Garcia, Senator John Cornyn, U.S. Representative Trey Gowdy and former FBI official Richard McFeely.
The president interviewed candidates on May 17 and said he could name his pick by the end of the week. The following day, citing several White House officials and advisers, Politico reported that Lieberman was the front-runner. The president was also considering former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating and acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. Earlier in the search process, he had considered former Republican congressman Mike Rogers and Fran Townsend, who had been an adviser to President George W. Bush.
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marylandblue
(12,344 posts)2nd worst job in Washington now, next to.be White House Press Secretary.
janterry
(4,429 posts)I expect that Andrew McCabe and the entire agency is working overtime to get to the bottom of the whole Russia/Trump mess. A new director may (?) have been able to slow it down. McCabe is seeing, I am sure, that they are working ASAP
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)And that would be so troubling for an FBI pick that even Congressional Republicans know it's a no go. All of Trump's trial balloons are crashing. Truly qualified people don't want to work under him
dalton99a
(81,578 posts)"I'm very honored that Alexander - tremendous guy, highly recommended - has agreed to take care of the FBI for me, on top of his regular job. He'll be commuting from Moscow"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bortnikov
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Best to avoid getting getting dragged into all his drama and chaotic messes.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,839 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)I saw on the newsfeed.