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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...