Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is reportedly President Donald Trump’s leading choice for FBI director, according to news reports Thursday.
Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is reportedly President Donald Trump’s leading choice for FBI director, according to news reports Thursday.
Trump told television anchors at a lunch Thursday he was close to making a selection.
«I’m very close to choosing an FBI director, » he said.
Trump was not more specific.
Lieberman, 75, a Democrat who became an independent in 2006, met with the president Wednesday.
Lieberman was Vice President Al Gore’s running mate in 2000.
Trump interviewed as many as eight candidates since he fired James Comey last week.
Other candidates included acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, and former senior FBI official Richard McFeely.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called on Trump on Thursday to name Lieberman to the post.
Lieberman was first elected to the Senate in 1988.
