Lieberman Withdraws Himself From Consideration For Trump's FBI Director
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published MAY 25, 2017 12:35 PM
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman on Thursday withdrew his name from consideration to replace James Comey as director of the FBI.
In a letter to President Donald Trump, Lieberman said it was a great honor to be considered but cited Trumps reported retention of Marc Kasowitz as outside legal counsel to help the President navigate the federal investigation into potential collusion between his campaign officials and Russia.
Lieberman said it would be best to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest, given that he is a partner at the same law firm as Kasowitz.
I have decided to withdraw my name from consideration for this nomination, he wrote. I wish you the very best in identifying the right person to lead this most important law enforcement agency in the future.
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NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)Lieberman, John Cornyn and Trey Gowdy...
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,076 posts)... I was going to come in her to: ROFLMAO
So now I have to: ROFLMAO, ROFLMAO, ROFLMAO
PS: I just sat down with my first cup of Costco Colombian coffee
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)he's a complete conflict of interest. These people are such a-holes.
Siwsan
(26,289 posts)I'm wondering if the impeachment rumblings are so strong, people want no connection with ANYTHING to do with his administration, because who knows how deep this is going to go.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)mountain grammy
(26,644 posts)we won't miss you!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)No one else wants his orange stank on them.
What a flustercluck.
LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)That's what I would have said...ha ha.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)SunSeeker
(51,662 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)I'll never understand Gore in regards to that one.
MiddleClass
(888 posts)To get nomentum to say thanks but no thanks, now that's bad
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Hard to know. But good...he would not have been the right person.