Former Republican congressman Mike Rogers is no longer being considered to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the next administration, according to a senior adviser to President-elect Trump.
Dan Scavino, who will become deputy chief of staff in the new White House, posted on social media on Friday that Rodgers' hiring was “not happening.”
“Mike Rogers just talked to President Trump about going to the FBI. That's not happening — in his own words, 'I never thought about it.'” What? It's not even happening,” Scavino said.
Rogers, a 2024 Michigan Republican Senate candidate who narrowly lost last week's election, was considered a leading candidate to become the next FBI director, as President Trump intends to fire current director Christopher Wray.
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Former Representative Mike Rogers, a Republican candidate for the Michigan Senate, attended a Trump campaign event headlined by vice presidential candidate, Senator J.D. Vance, at the Byron Center in Michigan on August 14th. give a speech at a gathering; (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
A Republican acquaintance told Fox News Digital that Mr. Rogers met with Mr. Trump last week at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. He also met with President Trump's transition team to discuss the possibility of becoming FBI director, sources said.
Trump transition press secretary Brian Hughes declined to comment specifically on Scavino's post.
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Former Michigan Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers, second from the right, stands behind former President Trump with law enforcement officials at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 2. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
“We will not speculate on the selection or anticipate President Trump's official announcement in the lead-up to the transition of power,” he said.
“We need to change the culture of the FBI on the seventh floor,” Rogers told “FOX & Friends” early Friday.
Mr. Rogers worked as a special agent in the FBI's Chicago office and chaired the House Intelligence Committee for the last four years of his 10-year tenure in Congress, but in 2017 during President Trump's first administration, Mr. He was interviewed when he served as FBI director. James Comey was fired.
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FBI Director nominee Christopher Wray testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 12, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump is expected to fire Wray when he takes office in January. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
But Trump At the time, it decided to appoint Christopher Wray to the traditional 10-year term to lead a federal law enforcement agency.
President Trump has campaigned in part on cleaning up the FBI throughout his 2024 bid for the White House, repeating, without providing evidence, that the FBI is stuffed with politically motivated and corrupt executives. I've been insisting. And Mr. Wray has occasionally been the target of Mr. Trump's criticism, although to a lesser extent than others.
Another name that has surfaced in media reports as a potential FBI director in the second Trump administration is a man who held roles on the National Security Council and the Pentagon during the last two years of the first Trump administration. , his controversial aide and advisor Kash Patel.
The Justice Department declined to comment on Mr. Scavino's exclusion of Mr. Rogers.
Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
