WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is considering nearly a dozen candidates to succeed ousted FBI Director James Comey , choosing from a group that includes several lawmakers, attorneys and law enforcement officials.White House officials said Friday the president was moving expeditiously to find an interim FBI director along with a permanent replacement for Comey, who was fired Tuesday. 2 Senate Republican and a former Texas attorney general and state Supreme Court justice. He has been a member of the Senate GOP leadership team for a decade and serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was considered for two U.S. Supreme Court vacancies that went to Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. He previously led FBI field offices in Washington, one of the agency's largest, and in Detroit.

Source: Times of India May 13, 2017 10:48 UTC