Trump: New FBI director imminent
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PRESIDENT Donald Trump has said a new FBI director could be in place within days.
Less than a week after Trump fired James Comey, the administration has interviewed at least eight candidates to be FBI director and an appointment is imminent.
“I think the process is going to go quickly. Almost all of them are very well-known,” Trump said before taking off for Lynchburg, Virginia, where he gave the commencement address at Liberty University. “They’ve been vetted over their lifetime essentially, but very well-known, highly respected, really talented people. And that’s what we want for the FBI.”
Trump abruptly fired Comey last Tuesday and his replacement requires Senate confirmation. The FBI director serves a 10-year term but can be replaced by the president.
So far 14 people lawmakers, attorneys and law enforcement officials among them have emerged as candidates. Eight met at the Justice Department on Saturday with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein.
The first candidate to arrive for interviews was Alice Fisher, a high-ranking Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration.
Also interviewed were: Adam Lee, special agent in charge of the FBI’s office in Richmond, Virginia, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Michael J. Garcia, Senator John Cornyn of Texas, US District Judge Henry E. Hudson, Frances Townsend, a former Bush homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, former Representative Mike Rogers of Michigan.
Fisher and Townsend were the only women on the list of candidates. The FBI has never had a female director.
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