Washington – The White House says the president will not announce his pick for FBI director before leaving Friday on his first foreign trip.
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President Donald Trump has been narrowing a short list and interviewing candidates to replace FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump fired on May 9.
Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Friday that no announcement is imminent.
Trump had said Thursday he was “very close” to naming a replacement and that former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman was among his top choices.
The president departs Friday afternoon on a four-country, nine-day tour of the Middle East and Europe.
He’d previously said he might announce his nominee before he left.
He has held off of appointing anyone for anything. There are 120 vacant seats of the federal bench. He has appointed one and nominated ten. There is only one Senate-approved person at the State Department. You have to wonder if this is his plan. What other parts of the job will he refuse to do?