Immigration hardliners have been gunning for Ken Cuccinelli as acting secretary of Homeland Security, but a federal law appeared to make the appointment impossible.
Plans to build a new FBI headquarters have been in limbo under President Trump, but that hasn’t stopped lawmakers and others from debating whether to remove J. Edgar Hoover’s name from a new building.
Former FBI Director James Comey, who joked that he’d move to New Zealand if Trump was re-elected, said the House of Representatives “has no choice but to pursue an impeachment inquiry.”
Former Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson said, “A president who leaves the job vacant for too long is neglecting his own duty to defend the homeland and keep the American people safe.”
President Trump has long claimed, with no evidence, that the Russia investigation was a hoax and a “witch hunt.”
Kirstjen Nielsen was one of Trump’s four Homeland Security secretaries.
Two of his purported top picks are ineligible by a federal law governing agency succession.
The Justice Department confirmed Sunday that former White House counsel Don McGahn and President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., were never called to testify before a federal grand jury during the Robert Mueller probe.
