And the candidate list begins to build for the vacant FBI director chair. Guilliani, Christi, sheriff Clarke and Arpaio, with many more to come. Maybe we can get “very special agent” Gibbs involved – PB/TK
Former Senator Kelly Ayotte Among FBI Director Candidates: Report – By Tom Porter l May 12 2017
Former Senator Kelly Ayotte is on a list of candidates to replace sacked FBI director James Comey, U.S. government officials have told Politico.
Trump allies New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani have not been shortlisted though as possible replacements, according to the report which cited two U.S. government officials, but have advised senior White House officials on filling the position.
Trump fired Comey as FBI director Tuesday, admitting in an NBC interview Thursday that he had been thinking of “this Russia thing” when he decided Comey’s fate, contradicting a White House statement that Comey had been fired for mishandling the Clinton emails investigation.
Comey had been leading an FBI probe into alleged collusion between Trump officials and Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
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