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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIMO, former Sen Kelly Ayotte may be a replacement for FBI, but
I'm not sure the GOP senate will go for a female head of the FBI.
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IMO, former Sen Kelly Ayotte may be a replacement for FBI, but (Original Post)
CK_John
May 2017
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PsychoBabble
(837 posts)1. They didn't mention her on short list tonight ...
(On Lawrence)
StevieM
(10,500 posts)5. Who is on the shortlist? (eom)
PsychoBabble
(837 posts)8. Short list ...
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
NewRedDawn
(790 posts)2. Why her?
What is her cred other than a partisan Putin Publikkkan former useless senator hack?
CK_John
(10,005 posts)3. I don't know, just heard she was on the list.
Bluepinky
(2,265 posts)6. She and Mitch McConnell got along really well.
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
Leith
(7,808 posts)7. What Other Qualifications Do rethugs Need?
nt
a kennedy
(29,615 posts)4. Yah, have heard her name as well.....eom