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Title: Trump considering former Sen. Joe Lieberman for FBI director: Spicer
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NY Post
URL Source: http://nypost.com/2017/05/17/trump- ... r-candidates-for-fbi-director/
Published: May 17, 2017
Author: Mike Moore
Post Date: 2017-05-17 16:47:43 by cranky
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Views: 1465
Comments: 4
President Trump will interview four candidates for FBI director — including former independent senator Joe Lieberman and the acting head of the bureau, Andrew McCabe — White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Wednesday. Trump will also meet with Frank Keating, a former Oklahoma governor, and Richard McFeely, a former top FBI agent, Spicer said during a briefing on Air Force One as Trump returned to Washington after speaking at the US Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. The interviews come a week after the president abruptly fired former FBI Director James Comey, who was investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and whether Trump campaign officials colluded with the Kremlin. Lieberman, 75, was a Democrat before becoming an independent senator from Connecticut. He was Democrat Al Gore’s running mate in the 2000 election and retired from the Senate in 2012. After flirting with supporting Trump in the 2016 presidential election, he eventually decided on backing Hillary Clinton. “I’m one of those people, and there are a lot of us, who don’t quite feel comfortable either way yet,” Lieberman said in announcing his choice. But he endorsed Republican Sen. John McCain in his race against Barack Obama in 2008. Keating, 73, a former FBI agent, rose to prominence as Oklahoma’s governor during the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. During last year’s presidential campaign, he criticized Trump for his lack of leadership and once referred to him as “hysterical.” “Frequently, Mr. Trump’s tone is hysterical, and there is simply no reason for that,” Keating told the New York Times. “Leaders, whether they’re governors or presidents, need to make sure they don’t create a blood-lust hysteria.” McCabe, until he became acting director when Comey was ousted, had been the agency’s deputy director. The 49-year-old began his FBI career in 1996 in the New York City field office. McFeely once ran the bureau’s Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch that was created after the 9/11 attacks and investigates white-collar, violent and organized crime. He now works as director of investigative services for global accounting firm EY. 
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
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After flirting with supporting Trump in the 2016 presidential election, he eventually decided on backing Hillary Clinton. Trump has his head so far up his ass, every time he coughs he has a bowel movement. He's a disgrace and hopeless. Soon, he'll be considering Hillary for an administrative position.
Fine. As long as he doesn't pick him. Then he can tell everyone he considered a Democrat. Remember when he "considered" Romney for Secretary of State?
#4. To: misterwhite (#2)
My feelings exactly.
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#2. To: rlk (#1)
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"Trump considering former Sen. Joe Lieberman for FBI director"
Replies to Comment # 2. Fine. As long as he doesn't pick him.
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