President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of ...
Past nominees failed or withdrew over unpaid taxes or minor drug use from years ago. Today’s choices face more serious allegations.
The nomination itself is a major violation of norms; the point of FBI directors’ lengthy terms is to span administrations and keep the position above partisan matters. Christopher Wray—Trump’s pick to ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s decision not to do background checks on his Cabinet picks could come back to haunt him, a former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence said in an MSNBC ...
The three unfilled Cabinet-level posts have attracted relatively little scuttlebutt compared to fevered speculation about who will become FBI director — with Trump widely expected to dismiss FBI ...
Kash Patel, a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, is reportedly being considered as the next director of the FBI, after spending time as an adviser during the first Trump administration.
Deflated by its resounding November defeat, the Left now believes it can magically rebound by destroying Trump's Cabinet ...
President-elect Donald Trump has been nominating cabinet heads and filling other posts with little vetting of the candidates.