Former FBI special agent and former Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, the 2024 Senate nominee in the key battleground state, met with Trump transition officials about potentially serving as FBI director
FIRST ON FOX - Will the second time be the charm for one-time Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent and former Rep. Mike Rogers? Rogers, the 2024 Republican Senate nominee in Michigan who lost his election last week by a razor-thin margin, met Thursday with President-elect Trump's transition team regarding potentially serving as FBI director in the former and future president's second administration, sources familiar tell Fox News.
But Trump at the time decided to appoint Christopher Wray to the traditional ten-year term steering the federal law enforcement agency. Trump, throughout his 2024 White House bid, campaigned in part on cleaning house at the FBI and has repeatedly claimed - without providing proof -that the bureau is chocked full of politically motivated and corrupt executives. And while not as much as others, Wray at times has been a target of Trump's criticism. 'Mike Rogers would make a ton of sense as FBI Director for President Trump.
Another name that has been floated in media reports to potentially serve as FBI director in the second Trump administration is Kash Patel, the controversial aide and adviser who served roles at the National Security Council and Defense Department during the final two years of Trump's first administration.
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