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I liked how Trump conflated a pledge of loyalty to him to a pledge of loyalty to the US in his interview the other day.
He going to ask Cornyn for a pledge of fealty like he is the king or something?
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/poli...ources-n758941
McCabe, Sen. Cornyn Among 4 to Be Interviewed in FBI Search: Sources
by KELLY O'DONNELL and PHIL HELSEL
The acting FBI director, Sen. John Cornyn, an attorney and a New York appeals court judge will be interviewed in the first wave of a search to replace fired agency director James Comey, multiple sources told NBC News on Friday.
The interviews will begin Saturday, the sources said.
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Sen. Cornyn (R-Texas), attorney and former assistant U.S. attorney general Alice Fisher and New York appeals court Judge Michael Garcia are slated to be interviewed, the sources said.
The four candidates will meet with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the sources said. Comey was fired by President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
Another name mentioned publicly is former House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers. He is not among those to be interviewed this weekend but sources say he could be included in a next round of meetings should the process continue.
Cornyn, a former Texas Supreme Court justice and former Texas attorney general, issued a statement on Friday in which he said he remained focused on his cons uents.
"I have the distinct privilege of serving 28 million Texans in the United States Senate, and that is where my focus remains," Cornyn, who is majority whip in the Senate, said in the statement.
McCabe has served for 20 years with the FBI and was appointed deputy director in 2016. He was appointed acting director of the agency after Comey was fired.
Garcia, an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals, was nominated to that court by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in January of 2016 and confirmed a month later.
Garcia was U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2005 to 2008, nominated by President George W. Bush. He previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the district, and also served as acting commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and assistant secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Fisher is a former assistant U.S. attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division and is now a partner in Latham & Watkins' Washington, D.C. office. If nominated and confirmed, she would be the first woman to lead the FBI.
Fisher was in charge of the criminal division of the Justice Department when lobbyist Jack Abramoff was prosecuted in a corruption case. When he pleaded guilty to three counts Fisher said: "Government officials and government action are not for sale."
Fisher also testified in support of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was confirmed in April to replace the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.
I liked how Trump conflated a pledge of loyalty to him to a pledge of loyalty to the US in his interview the other day.
He going to ask Cornyn for a pledge of fealty like he is the king or something?
Fine with me. Wouldn't mind seeing a TX Senate election right now.
Same here. Put Castro in the race and that could get a bit interesting.
Agreed. Whatever it takes to get rid of Cornyn.
It is Texas though so you have to also take the risk that someone like Dan Patrick, Louie Gohmert or one of the guys from Duck Dynasty takes his place.
Trash will use the FBI to go after his enemies, protect his friends
3rd world USA is more and more ed
Yeah, that's certainly a risk. However, the dems have the energy right now and so that gives me a tiny glimmer of hope at an upset.
This is exactly what would happen in a state Ted Cruz won by 16 points. So you'd get republican stooge leading the FBI and another republican stooge taking Cornyn's place in the senate. It's pretty much a worst case scenario.
They would have to.be confirmed by the Senate which aint happening.
of course it will. if devos got through, anybody will get through
IMO, worst case scenario is alternate Republican stooge leading the FBI and Cornyn keeping his spot and running again as an in bent next time. Either way we're stuck with stooges. At least with an election there's a chance. It's like playing the Lottery for free.
It's a long shot, but at worst TX Dems get a trial run before 2018 to see how much, if at all, the momentum has shifted.
Why isn't it happening? They need 50 votes and there are 52 Republican senators.
No . The Devos family got rich fleecing ordinary Americans through a ing pyramid scheme but it doesn't matter because of the magic (R) by her name.
Rosenstein is briefing the full senate next week. And Senate intel has received records of Trump and his family's money laundering. Trump's Comey twitter threat did not play well at all with either party. They will easily lose at least 3 votes.
Also there will be leaks from multiple intel agencies against Trump that the backlash for confirming anyone will be too much.
They don't want the results of a Trump investigation. The constant Russia news is one of the main things slowing their legislative goals. Lindsey Graham already came out agreeing with the firing, so John McCain is probably the only potential no vote by the GOP.
Opened up a can of worms threatening Comey with tapes.
Pressure from the FBI will cause them to lose 3 votes. and it doesn't matter if they want the results or not. If they get in the way there are contingencies. The Devos vote was a tie broken by Pence. It will not be the same as the Feds are pissed.
Lol illegal surveillance
They will vote one of their own in, saying they know John Cornyn, they have worked with him for years on the floor of the senate, they know he has integrity, blah blah.
Agreed. Whatever it takes to get rid of Cornyn.
And if John is confirmed to be FBI Director then one more reason for people to vote in 2020... so that we can get a president that will fire him.
It won't matter. Trump is federally ed. Third grand jury just convened, FISA GJ.
Senators push Trump not to choose a political figure to head FBI
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/sena...e+Raw+Story%29
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