Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers is now not into account to steer the Federal Bureau of Investigation within the incoming administration, in keeping with a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump.
Dan Scavino, who will function deputy chief of employees within the new White Home, posted on social media Friday {that a} Rogers rent is “not taking place.”Â
“Simply spoke to President Trump relating to Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It’s not taking place — In his personal phrases, ‘I’ve by no means even given it a thought.’ Not taking place,” Scavino mentioned.
Rogers, the 2024 Republican Senate nominee in Michigan who misplaced his election final week by a razor-thin margin, was thought of a number one candidate to be the following FBI director since Trump intends to fireplace the present director, Christopher Wray.Â
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Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, speaks at a Trump marketing campaign rally headlined by working mate Sen. JD Vance, in Byron Heart, Michigan on Aug. 14, 2024. (Fox Information – Paul Steinhauser)
A Republican supply acquainted instructed Fox Information Digital that Rogers met with Trump final week on the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago residence. He additionally met with Trump’s transition crew to debate doubtlessly serving as FBI director, sources acquainted mentioned.
Trump transition spokesman Brian Hughes declined to touch upon Scavino’s publish particularly.Â
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Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers (second from the best), who’s a Republican Senate candidate in Michigan, joins legislation enforcement officers in standing behind former President Donald Trump at a marketing campaign occasion in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 2, 2024 (Fox Information – Paul Steinhauser)
“For transition, we do not speculate on picks and do not get forward of official bulletins from President Trump,” he mentioned.
Rogers instructed “FOX & Associates” earlier Friday that “the tradition of the FBI on the seventh ground must be modified.”
Rogers, who labored as a particular agent with the FBI in its Chicago workplace and served as chair of the Home Intelligence Committee in the course of the closing 4 years of his decade-long tenure in Congress, was interviewed in 2017 throughout Trump’s first administration to function FBI director after James Comey was dismissed.
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FBI director nominee Christopher Wray testifies throughout his affirmation listening to earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee July 12, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Trump is anticipated to fireplace Wray when he assumes workplace in January. (Alex Wong/Getty Pictures)
However Trump on the time determined to nominate Christopher Wray to the standard 10-year time period steering the federal legislation enforcement company.
Trump, all through his 2024 White Home bid, campaigned partly on cleansing home on the FBI and has repeatedly claimed — with out offering proof — that the bureau is chocked stuffed with politically motivated and corrupt executives. And whereas not as a lot as others, Wray at instances has been a goal of Trump’s criticism.
One other title that has been floated in media experiences to doubtlessly function FBI director within the second Trump administration is Kash Patel, the controversial aide and adviser who served roles on the Nationwide Safety Council and Protection Division in the course of the closing two years of Trump’s first administration.
The Division of Justice declined to touch upon Scavino ruling out Rogers.
Fox Information Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
