Trump has set a deadline for his FBI Director nomination.
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he hopes to nominate a new FBI director by next week.
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he wants to move quickly to choose a nominee to replace James Comey, who he fired Tuesday.
He was on his way to Liberty University for his first commencement speech as president.
Trump told reporters that he may be able to make his decision on the FBI director before he leaves for his first foreign trip later next week.
‘Even that is possible,’ he said.
Four of the candidates will be interviewed at the Department of Justice Saturday.
The timeline for confirmation of the new FBI director is unclear, but should happen ‘quickly’, a source told Fox News.
‘We are moving quickly and expeditiously to pick an interim and a permanent replacement, and we’re doing our due diligence – we’re not going to cut any corners,’ said the source.
Here are the candidates:
A lot rides on this. If he appoints some lackey who do everything he says, people will cry foul and demand a special prosecutor even more. A lot of people argued that Trump will prove people wrong by appointing someone with an impeccable reputation. What if he doesn’t?