Trump says he may choose a new FBI director by Friday
Source: Los Angeles Times
MAY 13, 2017, 7:10 A.M.
AIR FORCE ONE
Michael A. Memoli
President Trump said he could make a "fast decision" on selecting a new FBI director, perhaps naming the replacement for James Comey before he leaves for his first foreign trip on Friday.
The potential nominees "are very well known, highly respected, really talented people," the president told reporters aboard Air Force One. Justice Department officials will be interviewing several possible candidates Saturday.
Trump's comments about the search came as he traveled to Lynchburg, Va., to deliver the commencement address at Liberty University.
He is scheduled to depart next Friday on an eight-day foreign trip, his first as president, beginning in Saudi Arabia.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-says-he-may-choose-a-new-fbi-1494683716-htmlstory.html
CincyDem
(6,390 posts)lark
(23,158 posts)The tape of this will be made where he vows to protect herr furor at all costs so it can be used against him and we will have another criminal enabling the trumpian 4th reich.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)Oh, well. It's for a good cause.
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Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Jared have enough to do already?
benpollard
(199 posts)The potential nominees "are very well known, highly respected, really talented people," the president told reporters aboard Air Force One.
... They'll be flying in from Russia on Wednesday after being vetted by Vladimir Putin.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,864 posts)and Christie is not much better...
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)You're right, the pits.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)shocked. The goal is someone in their pocket they think could get through confirmation. Of floated names, Cornyn most likely.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)They need zero dem votes. I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm just honestly asking-- why don't you think they would get confirmed?
moonscape
(4,673 posts)because the FBI Director issue is a hot potato which even a number of Repubs have gone on record saying it needs to have Dem support (take this with a grain of salt but they need a fig leaf), because they would not be people Repubs would be willing to go out on a limb for.
Cornyn on the other hand, is one of them.
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)There...all fixed.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)Maybe he will pick Maxwell Smart.
lark
(23,158 posts)He had a heart.
Lucky Luciano
(11,260 posts)MiniMe
(21,719 posts)Erick the Read
(55 posts)he's got to clear it with Vladdy first.
bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)to appoint his own stooge
Nixon tried it ... when is the worm going to turn ..
are we going to be able to reverse any of this radicalism?