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IMO, former Sen Kelly Ayotte may be a replacement for FBI, but (Original Post) CK_John May 2017 OP
They didn't mention her on short list tonight ... PsychoBabble May 2017 #1
Who is on the shortlist? (eom) StevieM May 2017 #5
Short list ... PsychoBabble May 2017 #8
Why her? NewRedDawn May 2017 #2
I don't know, just heard she was on the list. CK_John May 2017 #3
She and Mitch McConnell got along really well. Bluepinky May 2017 #6
What Other Qualifications Do rethugs Need? Leith May 2017 #7
Yah, have heard her name as well.....eom a kennedy May 2017 #4

PsychoBabble

(837 posts)
8. Short list ...
Fri May 12, 2017, 11:32 PM
May 2017
Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher, who used to work in the Justice Department's Criminal Divsion; the acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who recently testified before Congress about the agency's Russia collusion investigation; Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the current Senate Majority Whip and former attorney general of Texas who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee; Judge Michael J. Garcia of the New York Court of Appeals, who previously served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York.


Cornyn and Garcia considered highly partisan. My guess Fisher is decoy. Trump not going to hire female for FBI head ...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/12/comey-replacements-white-house-confirms-shortlist-to-head-fbi.html

Sorry about the source, they came up fastest

Bluepinky

(2,265 posts)
6. She and Mitch McConnell got along really well.
Fri May 12, 2017, 11:15 PM
May 2017

She parroted all his talking points and voted the way he wanted her to. She's a Republican stooge, so they figure she'd be great to have in office

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