In a tweet, Trump called Mark Morgan, who briefly ran the U.S. Border Patrol under President Barack Obama, “a true believer and an American Patriot. Two years later, when Morgan left the FBI for good to become Border Patrol chief, Comey was among those who praised the decision. Morgan, a former Marine who ran the FBI’s El Paso office, was the first Border Patrol chief to come from outside the agency. Senior Border Patrol officials struggled with the sight of an outsider wearing the green uniform who hadn’t paid his dues working “the line” with the rank and file. “He had to go on a tour of all the Border Patrol sectors to get an understanding.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2019 15:32 UTC