If Joe Lieberman becomes FBI Director,

[MineralMan]

He'll get a nice office in the J. Edgar Hoover building, where he can sit and watch people do their jobs. Other than that, he won't really have any duties, since he has no clue what they do there. Since he'll be the boss, he can set his own hours. If he gets bored watching people work, he can go to lunch and take the afternoon off.

Then, once a month, a tidy salary will be automatically deposited in his checking account. Every so often, he'll have to sign some papers and will be given a briefing paper he can take to the President.

Nice "work," if you can get it...and you can get it if you lie.

[FarPoint]

1. Excuse me....

But ..Joe Lieberman had no such experience in law enforcement... SECONDLY...He Works For The Law Firm Defending Trump... How is this not exposed by our media?

[MineralMan]

3. Yes, but, that doesn't really matter, you see.

He won't be doing anything at the FBI. That's my point. He'll be a figurehead Director. The rest of the FBI will see to that.

Nice people will come to his office and answer his questions. They'll give him real good answers, too. They'll say, "Yes sir, we'll get right on that," if he makes a request of some kind. They'll say, "I'll check into that for you right away, sir," if he asks any difficult questions, and then figure out how to best answer him so he'll think they're doing what he wants. There will be someone right outside his office to help him find the Director's restroom and things like that, whenever he needs to go.

During his first week, too, they'll give him a tour of the building and spend some time in the laboratory. That's really cool. They can show him how they match rifling marks on bullets and all stuff like that. He'll be very impressed with the technology. They might even show him the weapons room, where he can look at guns used by criminals.

And Lieberman will smile. And then, he'll take an early lunch and call it a day. Remember: He's a politician. That's what he thinks he's supposed to do.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Think of Henry Blake as FBI Director.

An equivalent.

[FarPoint]

13. Okay..

I just always fall for expecting everyone doing an honest days work.

[kstewart33]

20. MMan, I wish I could agree with you.

I followed Holy Joe years ago, and IMHO he's a terrible choice.

He did Al Gore no favors as his VP candidate in the 2000 campaign, especially in the closing months (e.g., getting creamed by Cheney in the VP debate). Trump is a long-time client of his law firm. He is petulant and prone to grudges - most obvious in his independent run. Mueller would have fits working with him.

I wouldn't trust him to sweep my sidewalk.

I frankly wouldn't trust anyone who Trump nominates. It's like letting the guy who's on trial to pick the judge.

[MineralMan]

23. Mueller will walk rings around him. Lieberaman has no chance

of standing up to Mueller at all.

[Alice11111]

41. That's exactly what it is like. The criminal gets to pick

who oversees the investigation.

We need someone w the guts to investigate Lyin Sessions, who perjured himself, and Pence, who oversaw the transition team and damn well knew about Flynn, in spite of his OVERDONE public charade, that he knew nothing.

There are so many flaws in our Constitution. That's not an anti American statement. (It's like my garden has become a mess over the winter. I love my garden. I need to clean it up.) We need to update. Unfortunately, not under this Congress or these courts.

[kstewart33]

54. Well said.

We hope and hope that a thorough, objective investigation will be done.

Then we wonder: Why the heck do we have to hope? Shouldn't Congress be better than this? They should be, but they aren't.

[PufPuf23]

26. I went on a tour of the FBI in 1972 when I was 19.

Part of the tour took the group to a shooting range in the basement.

They let some of us volunteer to taker a shot at a target with a real FBI handgun.

I have long wondered if that was still part of the FBI tour. For some reason I doubt so.

[Alice11111]

32. Clear conflict of interest. WTF is wrong w these people?

[The Wielding Truth]

35. GOD!!! He Works For The Law Firm Defending Trump...?

[FarPoint]

47. Apparently there was a Tweet by K Tur NBC

Sharing this information...I have yet to validate...I don't Tweet...a friend shares what he finds...it caught my attention.

[The Wielding Truth]

48. Seems this could disqualify him. He is not impartial.

[FarPoint]

49. That was my gut feeling...

I hope to validate this concern.... keep a. Look out for such information...

[WinkyDink]

43. Are you arguing against something not in the OP?

[FarPoint]

45. Maybe I am...

Joe Leiberman is the topic.

[NightWatcher]

2. There's a Shake Shack down the block from HQ.

Plus he could drop in to the Spy Museum for some background on tradecraft.

[MineralMan]

4. That's true. And, with his high position, he can invite people

to lunch with him whenever he wants. It's a great job! He'll love it!

[Ilsa]

6. Will the Dems agree to this?

They said they wanted someone with LE experience, not a pol.

[MineralMan]

7. Democrats are in the minority in the Senate.

It won't matter, and a few will vote for him anyhow.

None of this matters. Lieberman will be just a figurehead at the FBI. Guaranteed.

[eleny]

8. But what's the reason he would be selected?

There must be some deal made. Like someone else posted earlier, maybe it was you, that he's to be Trump's eyes and ears at the Bureau.

JL is not a benign pick.

[MineralMan]

9. I don't know. I think they figured out that

they needed a figurehead in there. Lieberman will be good at that. He isn't qualified to do anything else at the FBI.

[eleny]

15. I agree regarding his qualifications

What you pointed out plus I'm sure there are still Dems around who feel he still leans left on some issues. But there has to be more for Trump to select him.

I'm in the eyes and ears camp. Knowledge is power and Trump would have to be eager to know what's going on so he can plan strategy to motivate his base.

[kstewart33]

21. Bottom line - Trump wants an FBI director whom he can control.

And Holy Joe fits that job qualification to a tee.

He'll be Trump's inside spy. Joe's got just the character to do that.

[tblue37]

11. Zell Miller wasn't available. Or maybe Trump thinks having McCain's BFF at the FBI

will quiet McCain's complaints.

[kentuck]

16. Or maybe he's trying to appease Netanyahu before he visits Israel?

He may be an acceptable candidate for BiBi?

[eleny]

25. After the major blurting out of the intel this sounds like just the manipulation to patch things up

At least from Trump's point of view. But my goodness how cheap and insulting if that's the case.

[eleny]

18. Interesting about McCain

Not everyone in Trump's camp is nuts. Some are crazy like a fox.

[jimjc]

10. the lieber.. man

It's some kind of inside deal trump made...probably something to do with how slowly they go on the russia stuff...string it out for long time until people forget most...I never cared for Lieberman

[Thrill]

12. If he gets it. Its because he's willing to end the Russian Investigation

And put a Dem face on it. I don't trust him at all. That weasel.

At 75 he has no business being the Director of the FBI. No connections to the agency at all

[LeftInTX]

14. I agree. He'll be a figure head

[kskiska]

17. Setting his own hours

means he'd take Friday nights and Saturdays off, like Kushner.

[former9thward]

52. Do you have a problem with Jewish people taking Friday nights and Saturday off?

Or should Jews be forced to work all seven days?

[OnDoutside]

19. Ok, I'm being Ageist but FFS he's 75 !!! Is there no one else ??? He'd have a 10 year term as well !

[MineralMan]

24. All that means is that he'll need a nice sofa in his office

for his afternoon nap, or his mid-morning nap if he's taking off early.

[OnDoutside]

28. He'll probably die in his office. It would be a shame if any Democrat votes for him.

[MineralMan]

30. Some will, though. Enough to make 60 if there's a hint of a filibuster.

Count on it.

[OnDoutside]

37. I bet Manchin will be one of them.

[MineralMan]

38. Certainly he will.

[MattP]

29. It's a 3 year term, no way he keeps his job when sanity regains the white house

[OnDoutside]

36. Is it an Interim or Full position ?

[NewJeffCT]

42. Trump's top 3 choices took themselves out of the runnin

John Cornyn and two others whom I forget

Edited to add: Trey Gowdy was a second

[Proud Liberal Dem]

22. Meh

I don't like this idea (don't like JL in particular) but as much as it saddens me to say it, this is *probably* as good of a person as is going to be nominated by Trump. I mean, if we don't want somebody like Guiliani (who technically has more experience but is severely compromised himself). This whole scenario is basically why, as much as I don't like how Comey managed everything last year with Hillary, he still was more professional and had more personal integrity and professional experience than anybody else Trump might nominate to replace him.

[elehhhhna]

27. Trumps Nazi fan boys are going to shit over this

Joe is Jewish. Not going to happen.

[Honeycombe8]

31. He's old, now. And weak. And too nicey nice. He needs to be needed and liked.

That doesn't make for a good FBI Director.

[MineralMan]

33. See, you're not thinking right. They don't really want an FBI

Director. They want someone to sit in that office and do what Trump says. Of course, as a figurehead, he'll be ignored by the career FBI folks, anyhow, so...

Seriously.

[Honeycombe8]

51. You are right. Lieberman is their man. nt

[cynatnite]

34. Picking Lieberman just shows how NOT serious they are. n/t

[TNNurse]

39. Should the FBI Director

have worked there? Or at least in some big deal law enforcement?

[MineralMan]

40. Well, normally, yes...

But, if you want a figurehead, you appoint someone who is way off-base, and then he can be flummoxed or blinded by science or something. Trump does not want a real law-enforcement type in that position. Wouldn't be prudent. Not at this juncture.

[NewJeffCT]

44. Lieberman was the Attorney General of Connecticut in the 80s

not that gives him experience with the FBI, but it's state level justice.

[Fla Dem]

46. Bad selection. More conflicts. He introduce Betsy DeVos to the Senate for her confirmation hearing

In March 2013, it was announced that Lieberman would be joining the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank as co-chairman of their American Internationalism Project, alongside former Republican Senator Jon Kyl.

]In early 2017, Lieberman introduced Pres.-elect Donald Trump's nominee as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee.

One report on Lieberman's involvement was critical of him for failing to disclose in his testimony the extensive legal work his Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman law firm had done for Donald Trump since at least as long ago as 2001. The work included bankrupt casino restructuring and, during the 2016 campaign, threatening the New York Times over publication of a few 1995 Trump tax documents.[68]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman

This is a position for 10 years, he's 75.

[madinmaryland]

50. He was the Connecticut attorney general from 83-89.

I don't know if that will help at all, though.

[HAB911]

53. Someone edited Wikipedia to remove Trump from Joe Lieberman's law firm's list of clients

Link to tweet