Trump Considering Ex-Congressman Mike Rogers for FBI Director, Official Says

[DonViejo]

Source: Bloomberg



by Jennifer Jacobs and Chris Strohm
May 11, 2017, 10:06 AM EDT May 11, 2017, 12:04 PM EDT

President Donald Trump is considering Mike Rogers, a former Republican congressman and FBI agent from Michigan, among candidates to replace James Comey as FBI director, a White House official said.

Rogers, 53, a former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, retired from Congress in 2015 after seven terms to pursue a career in talk radio. He advised the Trump presidential transition team on national security issues but was asked to leave at about the same time New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was removed as head of the transition.

Trump fired Comey on Tuesday after what White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders described as months of rising frustration with the FBI director, dating back to Trump’s election. Comey was leading the FBI investigation of potential collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russian government officials who sought to manipulate the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Comey also publicly dismissed Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama spied on him.

The firing has plunged the Trump White House into another political crisis, as Democrats have roundly castigated the decision and some Republicans have expressed unease.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-11/trump-said-to-consider-ex-congressman-rogers-for-fbi-director

[MontanaMama]

1. Anybody know anything about him?

Here's a link to his website: http://mikerogers.com/

I'm not familiar with him. Any insider DU info out there?

[d_r]

2. He's a dick

[MontanaMama]

9. Ah hell

of COURSE he's a dick. Why wouldn't he be?

[Snotcicles]

3. Has street cred with GOP for falling on his sword in the search for WMD's. nt

[LudwigPastorius]

5. His homepage retweet of this, from the IPDGC, makes him look like a Yes Man of the highest order.

The president's ability to get things done is hindered because we are arguing about Russia's role in the election"

*Let's just all put that behind us* hunh?

[Judi Lynn]

15. He's one of the pack of Obama attackers, no doubt.

A photo of him refusing to talk to a reporter:

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http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1329531.1367165703!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_1200/515387765.jpg


From an article in 2013:

Lawmakers: Syria chemical weapons could menace US
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/lawmakers-syria-chemical-weapons-menace-article-1.1329556

Looks like a Grade A a-hole.

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http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1329850.1367200198!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/marathon29n-2-web.jpg

Is he going for his waistband? Pocket pool? Scratching his butt?


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He looks like an ambitious Republican dirtbag who has tried to make a splash attacking a popular President, Barack Obama. Just the kind of guy something like Trump might expect to look out for his interests.

[riversedge]

20. Thanks for providing all this information. I do remember him now that I have

reviewed some of your articles

[Plucketeer]

4. Too damned bad Col. Sanders isn't available for the job!

A guy with business acumen who managed to keep secret, 11 herbs an' spices thru many decades - a guy you KNOW wouldn't "chicken out" in the face of tough going - a decorated ex-military officer who could sway Dolt45 with a 15 piece bucket.

[PSPS]

6. All you need to know: "retired from Congress in 2015 ... to pursue a career in talk radio"

[dembotoz]

16. yep

[Pathwalker]

7. Oh, HELL NO!!!! Weasel, Asshole, Lying piece of shit.

His wife is/was a lobbyist for the MIC. Followed Mark Foley around all summer the year he was doing his dirty deeds and admitted he didn't have a clue anything was amiss. Typical corrupt Repuke!

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. Confirm nobody. Block everything. Filibuster everything. Put holds on all noms. No unanimous consent

Every procedural and parliamentary delay tactic at all levels.

Grind it to a fucking halt.

[MontanaMama]

10. Can we do that?

No majority anywhere...what am I missing?

[BumRushDaShow]

11. The GOP spent Obama's last 2 years putting "holds" on his appointees

and did the same for certain legislation as well. Tom Coburn (now former Senator) was the master at it. I watched that fucker hold up final appropriations funding for the Pigford II case (Black Farmers) for 6 months, with his "hold" and objections, that kept the funding from an unanimous consent (the UDSA approved, the courts approved, and legislation had been approved and just needed the separate funding piece).

Such use requires cloture votes to break the hold (which as noted in post #8, can gum up the works by forcing them to go through the regular process, which in the Senate, is extended). I just never understood why our side hasn't started using these tactics. Maybe because we have been losing the more senior members who were aware of all the rules and the rule book (with past precedents).

[MontanaMama]

12. This is great info!

I appreciate your insight BumRushDaShow - AND totally agree. If they're going to fuck us over, we should at least make it work for them.

[StanleyBolten]

19. Re: This is great info!

Government has been fucking (pardon my language) us over for years. Corruption in the Justice Department, corruption in Congress and not listening to Constituents unless you have a large petition campaign.

There are good laws and there are flawed laws. There are good Congress people and bad Congress people.

I hope that the corruption in the FBI will eventually disappear, it probably never will.

[orangecrush]

13. This sucks

But isn't unexpected.

[canetoad]

14. A real life

Agent Mike?

[INdemo]

17. This is laughable.

[llmart]

18. Ugh...

another Repuke from Michigan. As some other people have said on this thread - a real dick.

[L. Coyote]

21. Former reality T-V host wants radio jock to run FBI?

[maxrandb]

22. This!

We fucking ignored Limbaugh for decades and he gave us ass-pickles like Mike fucking Rogers!

I can't remember his name but there was another silky-voiced radio shithead from Arizona.

We are going to need to burn down hate radio to fix this fucking country