Following advice, potential FBI chiefs steer clear of job under Trump
Source: Reuters
The Trump administration's search for a new FBI director hit roadblocks on Tuesday when two high-profile potential candidates, a moderate judge and a conservative senator, signaled they did not want the job.
Advisers to Judge Merrick Garland and U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas told Reuters they discouraged them from leading the Federal Bureau of Investigation, cautioning that they would be leaving important, secure jobs for one fraught with politics and controversy.
The advisers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the new FBI director would have little job security and heightened scrutiny by political observers following President Donald Trump's abrupt firing of James Comey on May 9.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-idUSKCN18C2PI
Cornyn doesn't want it? Can we be so blessed?
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Isn't such a popular skill on LinkedIn.
riversedge
(70,310 posts)Renew Deal
(81,877 posts)susanna
(5,231 posts)After what he's been through.
LeftInTX
(25,565 posts)I guess that leaves Arpaio and Guiliani
forgotmylogin
(7,533 posts)for Giuliani.
cstanleytech
(26,320 posts)because anyone that votes aye to them in the Senate risks cutting their own throat come the next election.
oasis
(49,410 posts)He'd gladly shut down the "witch hunt". What a lively confirmation hearing that asshole would have.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Has he FINALLY reached the point of not being qualified? Just marrying into the vile family should have been enough.
oasis
(49,410 posts)Marcuse
(7,519 posts)oasis
(49,410 posts)Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)FBI "Chief Jared Kushner" to the rescue. So what's another job for him? Not like he has anything else to do.
Oh, just in case
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)too difficult to pick someone with more knowledge of government than the orange turd in the WH.