Following advice, potential FBI chiefs steer clear of job under Trump

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Source: Reuters

The Trump administration's search for a new FBI director hit roadblocks on Tuesday when two high-profile potential candidates, a moderate judge and a conservative senator, signaled they did not want the job.

Advisers to Judge Merrick Garland and U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas told Reuters they discouraged them from leading the Federal Bureau of Investigation, cautioning that they would be leaving important, secure jobs for one fraught with politics and controversy.

The advisers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the new FBI director would have little job security and heightened scrutiny by political observers following President Donald Trump's abrupt firing of James Comey on May 9.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-idUSKCN18C2PI

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Cornyn doesn't want it? Can we be so blessed?

[C_U_L8R]

1. Complicit.

Isn't such a popular skill on LinkedIn.

[riversedge]

2. good advice, that is for sure.

[Renew Deal]

3. Garland was never a serious contender.

[susanna]

8. He probably laughed when he heard it.

After what he's been through.

[LeftInTX]

4. Only someone who is unemployeed would want that job

I guess that leaves Arpaio and Guiliani

[forgotmylogin]

5. He'll end up having to "settle"

for Giuliani.

[cstanleytech]

6. Just about any conservative Trump nominates will be a hard one to get confirmed though

because anyone that votes aye to them in the Senate risks cutting their own throat come the next election.

[oasis]

7. What about Sheriff David "All hat, no cattle" Clarke, of Milwaukee?

He'd gladly shut down the "witch hunt". What a lively confirmation hearing that asshole would have.

[Scarsdale]

11. What about Jared Kushner?

Has he FINALLY reached the point of not being qualified? Just marrying into the vile family should have been enough.

[oasis]

13. Yeah, the strong, silent type like Gary Cooper. "Ah, shucks ma'am".

[Marcuse]

14. I too was expecting a cynical nomination of the Rhinestone Cowboy.

[oasis]

15. I nominate that deplorable idiot for the Dustbin of History. nt

[Blue_Roses]

9. Well, it looks like it's gonna have to be

FBI "Chief Jared Kushner" to the rescue. So what's another job for him? Not like he has anything else to do.

Oh, just in case

[titaniumsalute]

10. Who would really want to go through THAT mess of confirmation?

[Scarsdale]

12. Well, it would not be

too difficult to pick someone with more knowledge of government than the orange turd in the WH.