Could the rumors of GOP support for Merrick Garland be seen as an olive branch towards DEM – PB/TK
Who Will Replace James Comey? McConnell Would Support Garland, Ex-Adviser Says – By Marcy Kreiter / May 15 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who last year blocked any attempt to seat Appellate Judge Merrick Garland on the U.S. Supreme Court, thinks the jurist would make the perfect choice to head the FBI in the wake of President Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey, a former adviser said Sunday.
Former CIA Director James Woolsey said, however, the firing is going to make it difficult to find a qualified candidate to lead the agency and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will block any nomination until a special prosecutor is appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump fired Comey last Tuesday, citing the FBI’s handling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton emails. He then admitted Thursday during an NBC interview he was thinking about the Russia inquiry and questions about whether his campaign colluded with Moscow when he made the decision to oust the FBI director.
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