Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte among Trump's candidates for FBI job

[DonViejo]

By JOSH DAWSEY 05/11/17 12:46 PM EDT Updated 05/11/17 03:17 PM EDT

Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) is on the list of candidates to replace James Comey, while two confidants of President Donald Trump are seen as unlikely to get the nod, two U.S. government officials said Thursday.

The Trump allies not under serious consideration for the position — Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani — have given advice to senior White House officials about the job, one person briefed on the conversations said, and Christie has been mentioned in some internal White House conversations. It was unclear whether the men expressed interest to the president in taking the job themselves.

Bloomberg News reported earlier that Mike Rogers, a former Michigan Republican congressman, was also under consideration.

Trump fired Comey as FBI director on Tuesday.

Ayotte is well-regarded in the White House, one official said, because of her success leading the nomination process for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said that she'd likely support Ayotte and that she could get bipartisan support as FBI director.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/11/kelly-ayotte-candidate-james-comey-fbi-238269?lo=ap_e1

[chelsea0011]

1. Ayotte was part of the Beghanzi non stop BS and is a partisan hack.

I could have hand lead Gorsuch around and got him nominated.