Mike Lee wants Trump to nominate Merrick Garland to FBI

Source: The Hill | May 11, 2017 | Jordain Carney

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) floated on Thursday that President Trump should nominate Merrick Garland, former President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, to be the next FBI director. 

“Instead of a special prosecutor, @realDonaldTrump should nominate Merrick Garland to replace James Comey,” Lee wrote on Twitter Thursday morning.

Lee’s spokesman said he raised the idea with White House staff after a Wednesday meeting on tax reform at the White House.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the committee with oversight of the FBI, declined to comment on Lee’s suggestion.

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