“President-elect Donald Trump is considering shaking up the leadership of the FBI by firing the director and appointing an experienced former agent and MAGA loyalist to two positions.” CNN report.
“Trump has been planning for months to fire Christopher Wray if he is elected, but has recently had trouble finding a compromise to choose a new director who can carry out his agenda while also being confirmed by the Senate. Those concerns grew only after it became clear that his first nominee, Matt Gaetz, was facing an uphill confirmation fight before withdrawing his name.”
“With this context in mind, Trump considered one potential option. It would nominate Mike Rogers, a former FBI special agent and former Michigan congressman who narrowly lost a Senate race, to be FBI director, while also nominating controversial MAGA loyalist Kash Patel. He was appointed deputy director of the FBI, according to several people familiar with Trump’s thinking.”
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