White House Defends Firing Comey as Trump Seeks FBI Chief
- President considered firing Comey on taking office, aide says
- Current FBI officials being interviewed for temporary post
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The Trump administration began its search for a replacement for ousted FBI Director James Comey while fending off questions about the president’s abrupt decision to fire the nation’s top law enforcement officer.
President Donald Trump planned to meet Wednesday with acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, a deputy who took over the agency after Comey’s firing, a White House spokeswoman said, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein spent most of the day interviewing other contenders to hold the job on an interim basis.