The FBI may get an interim director Friday. Here are the 5 candidates who could take charge until an official director replaces James Comey. Justice officials have said that the interim appointee could also be considered as an official nominee to succeed Comey, who was dismissed just four years into his 10-year term. Ref. USAToday.
Of the five, if the names I read about were accurate, I think two are blatantly political types with some experience, two are mostly law enforcement types with scads of experience, and one is a mixture with a lot of experience. Given where we are and how we got here I hope he with the law enforcement type and realizes the FBI needs to be independent.
GOP Congressman says it's time to 'purge' FBI of anti-Trump elements. Florida Congressman Francis Rooney's use of the word "Purge" has sparked furor on social media because it smacks of an authoritarian regime. Source 5z.