Trump Says 'Fast Decision' Likely on FBI Comey Replacement

  • Pick possible before president leaves for first foreign trip
  • Furor followed Comey firing amid FBI’s Russia investigation
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Donald Trump said he expects to make a “fast decision” on a replacement for fired FBI Director James Comey, perhaps before he departs the U.S. on May 19 for his first foreign trip as president.

“Even that is possible,” Trump told reporters in a brief visit to the press cabin of Air Force One as he departed for Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, to deliver his first commencement address in office.