Vice President-elect JD Vance (R-Ohio) revealed that Trump is still interviewing candidates to lead the FBI, signaling Trump has yet to make up his mind on the consequential role.
Vance’s comments indicate Trump will replace current FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Vance’s comments came after the Ohio Senator faced criticism for missing a Senate vote in which a judicial nominee of President Biden was approved.
“When this 11th Circuit vote happened, I was meeting with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director,” Vance wrote on X.
“I tend to think it’s more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45,” he added.
FBI directors serve 10-year terms, meaning Wray would not ordinarily leave his post until 2027, though the agency head can be removed by the president.
Among the names circulating for a possible new director is Kash Patel, a former national security official during the first Trump administration who is also now a board member for Trump’s media company.
Former FBI Special Agent Daniel Brunner strongly cautioned against the Trump administration aide Kash Patel to lead the FBI, saying it would do “massive damage” to the agency.
“Putting someone like Kash Patel in the position of director of the FBI is, I believe, extremely, extremely dangerous because … his resume isn’t traditional,” Brunner said Sunday.
“Putting someone like Kash Patel in the position of director of the FBI is, I believe, extremely, extremely dangerous because … his resume isn’t traditional,” Brunner said Sunday. Making me LAUGH!!! THAT is precisely the reason TO consider Kash Patel for the position of director of the FBI. We haven’t fared well with the “traditional” men, so let’s try somebody NEW!! What a concept!
Kash Patel would be a great choice, but how about Trey Gowdy at Justice or the FBI
“Massive Damage”?
Isn’t that what we need?
We also need Law, Order, and Justice not politicizing the Federal Police