President Trump has widened his search for a new FBI director after sources told Fox News that his recent frontrunner, former Sen. Joe Lieberman, is out to the running to fill the vacancy. Lieberman is a senior counsel at a New York law firm that represented Trump for years, Reuters reported. US News and World Report reported that the search for the last FBI director spanned two years. Comey will be asked about encounters that precipitated his firing, including a January dinner in which, Comey has told associates, Trump asked for his loyalty. In the Oval Office weeks later, Comey told associates, the president asked him to shut down an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Source: Fox News May 25, 2017 04:30 UTC