Transition of Power

Vance Says He, Trump Met With FBI Director Candidates in Now-Deleted Social Media Post

Current FBI Director Christopher Wray was selected by President-elect Donald Trump in 2017.
Vance Says He, Trump Met With FBI Director Candidates in Now-Deleted Social Media Post
The FBI seal in Omaha, Neb., on Aug. 10, 2022. Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo
T.J. Muscaro
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Joseph Lord
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Vice President-elect JD Vance said in a now-deleted post on social media platform X that he and President-elect Donald Trump were interviewing candidates for a new FBI director.

The post, quoted by several media outlets and widely shared across social media in the form of screenshots, appears to primarily react to the Senate’s Nov. 19 vote confirming one of President Joe Biden’s judicial appointments to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.