President Obama today plans to make the long-anticipated announcement that he’s nominating James B. Comey, a senior Justice department under President George W. Bush, to take the helm at the FBI, White House officials told The New York Times.
The administration’s plan is to convince the Senate to conform Comey by Sept. 3, when the current FBI head, Robert S. Mueller III, is prepared to step down, according to The Times.
But administration officials expect a grueling nomination process that likely will begin when the Senate is back in session in August.
FBI officials said they want to avoid having an interim FBI director.
