{"id":2372129,"date":"2024-11-22T11:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-presumed-fbi-candidate-rogers-not-in-the-running-trump-adviser-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T11:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:28:58","slug":"top-presumed-fbi-candidate-rogers-not-in-the-running-trump-adviser-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-presumed-fbi-candidate-rogers-not-in-the-running-trump-adviser-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Top presumed FBI candidate Rogers not in the running: Trump adviser &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-presumed-fbi-candidate-rogers-not-in-the-running-trump-adviser-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2372129&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-adviser-lott-trump-votes-subtracted-biden-votes-inflated\/\" title=\"DOJ Adviser Lott: Trump votes subtracted, Biden votes inflated\">senior adviser<\/a> to President-elect Donald Trump announced that former Congressman Mike Rogers will\u2062 not be nominated to lead the FBI, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">contradicting earlier \u2063reports\u2062 suggesting<\/a> he was under consideration. Dan Scavino, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-romney-pretty-certain-trump-would-win-2024-gop-nomination-in-a-landslide\/\" title=\"Sen. Romney \u2018Pretty Certain\u2019 Trump Would Win 2024 GOP Nomination \u2018In A Landslide\u2019\">longtime adviser<\/a> to Trump, \u2064clarified that Trump\u200b had never thought\u200d about nominating\u200c Rogers, a Michigan Republican and former FBI agent. This clarification\u2064 came\u200b after Rogers appeared on \u2063Fox News discussing potential reforms he would implement as FBI director and revealed he had met with Trump the \u2062previous \u2064week. In the wake of the\u2062 speculation, prominent Trump supporters \u2064have been advocating for\u200d the nomination of Kash Patel instead, highlighting \u2062internal \u200ddiscussions within\u200d Trump&#8217;s circle\u200b regarding the future \u2064leadership of the FBI.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Top presumed FBI candidate Mike Rogers not in the running, Trump adviser says<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1889275\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A senior adviser to President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> ruled out former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-rogers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Mike Rogers<\/a> as a possibility to lead the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a> on Friday following an outcry from Trump&rsquo;s base about Rogers&rsquo;s rumored nomination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI,&rdquo; longtime Trump adviser Dan Scavino wrote on X. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not happening &mdash; In his own words, &lsquo;I have never even given it a thought.&rsquo; Not happening.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just spoke to President Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It&rsquo;s not happening &mdash; In his own words, &ldquo;I have never even given it a thought.&rdquo; Not happening.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Scavino Jr.&#127482;&#127480;&#129413; (@DanScavino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanScavino\/status\/1859969930105606487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Scavino&rsquo;s revelation that Trump had not even considered nominating Rogers, a Michigan Republican and former FBI special agent, to lead the bureau came after Fox News interviewed Rogers on Friday morning and revealed that he met with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> last week. Rogers spoke during the interview about reforms he would make to the FBI if chosen to lead it.<\/p>\n<p>Scavino&rsquo;s statement also followed CNN reporting Thursday night that Trump was considering nominating Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s most vocal supporters, such as <em>War Room<\/em> podcast host Steve Bannon and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), have been aggressively urging Trump to nominate loyalist Kash Patel, who worked as an official in the intelligence community and the Defense Department during Trump&rsquo;s first term.<\/p>\n<p>Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3235515\/trump-fbi-director-prospects-two-diverging-fates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">serves<\/a> on the board that owns Trump&rsquo;s Truth Social platform and has called for disbanding the FBI headquarters and eliminating the so-called deep state, positions that the MAGA faction of Trump&rsquo;s base also supports.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon recently hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/audit-michigan-may-have-paid-billions-in-fraudulent-jobless-claims-gretchen-whitmer-administration-hit-with-kickback-allegations\/\" title=\"Audit: Michigan May Have Paid Billions in &#039;Fraudulent&#039; Jobless Claims; Gretchen Whitmer Administration Hit with &#039;Kickback&#039; Allegations\">podcast episode<\/a> in which he shed light on who Rogers &ldquo;really is.&rdquo; Meanwhile, a top conservative influencer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stclairashley\/status\/1859816579980251336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> on X on Thursday that &ldquo;whoever is pushing Mike Rogers should be removed from Trump&rsquo;s orbit immediately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vice President-elect J.D. Vance revealed this week in a since-deleted statement online that Trump has been interviewing candidates to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray.<\/p>\n<p>Trump appointed Wray to the role in 2017 but has since soured on him, in part, because the FBI conducted investigations into Trump&rsquo;s handling of classified documents and his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. The investigations led to high-profile criminal prosecutions and legal battles for Trump, but those have begun to fizzle in the wake of Trump&rsquo;s election victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1889275\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1889275\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Rogers is not a candidate for FBI director, Trump adviser says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2372130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mike-rogers-trump-michigan-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7064,5591,34918],"class_list":["post-2372129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-candidates","tag-fbi","tag-trump-adviser"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mike-rogers-trump-michigan-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372129"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372133,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372129\/revisions\/2372133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}